Obama in Iraq - NOT
The Obama campaign showed its sensitive side today by becoming unglued at the suggestion that Senators Obama and McCain make a joint trip to Iraq in the near future…
“John McCain’s proposal is nothing more than a political stunt, and we don’t need any more ‘Mission Accomplished’ banners or walks through Baghdad markets to know that Iraq’s leaders have not made the political progress that was the stated purpose of the surge. The American people don’t want any more false promises of progress, they deserve a real debate about a war that has overstretched our military, and cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer.”
Since Senator Obama has been to Iraq only once on a two day tour in 2006, this lead The National Review to ask, “Is Obama Willing To Meet Ahmadinejad, But Not Petraeus?” and Red State, Barack Obama: He’ll Meet With Ahmadinejad, But Not With the Troops in Iraq. For a candidate with virtually no foreign policy, it is odd that he’d pass up any oportunity to gain a better understanding of the region, the troops, and the politics of Iraq.
7 comments May 28th, 2008
