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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on July 15, 2008, 11:23:46 AM
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oops. awkward. :-) it might have something to do with the fact that he is now
advocating a surge strategy in afghanistan.
Barack Obama purges Web site critique of surge in Iraq
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq, the Daily News has learned.
The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a "problem" that had barely reduced violence.
"The surge is not working," Obama's old plan stated, citing a lack of Iraqi political cooperation but crediting Sunni sheiks - not U.S. military muscle - for quelling violence in Anbar Province.
The News reported Sunday that insurgent attacks have fallen to the fewest since March 2004.
Obama's campaign posted a new Iraq plan Sunday night, which cites an "improved security situation" paid for with the blood of U.S. troops since the surge began in February 2007.
It praises G.I.s' "hard work, improved counterinsurgency tactics and enormous sacrifice."
Campaign aide Wendy Morigi said Obama is "not softening his criticism of the surge. We regularly update the Web site to reflect changes in current events."
GOP rival John McCain zinged Obama as a flip-flopper. "The major point here is that Sen. Obama refuses to acknowledge that he was wrong," said McCain, adding that Obama "refuses to acknowledge that it [the surge] is succeeding."
Linky (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/14/2008-07-14_barack_obama_purges_web_site_critique_of.html)
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beat me to it :-)
gateway has some stuff too - http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-scrubs-iraq-webpage.html
screen caps too
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beat me to it :-)
gateway has some stuff too - http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-scrubs-iraq-webpage.html
screen caps too
if being "senator straddle" on the war was a winning strategy, john kerry (did you know he was in viet nam?) would be president right now.
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the mccain campaign is apparently pointing this out in a press release (http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/Surge_meets_purge.html)
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BURN!!!! - http://barackswhitelies.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-official-barack-flips-on-iraq.html
Barack's website has been updated - he is no longer calling for a blind withdrawal of troops from Iraq - the position that outflanked Hillary and won him the nomination.
Here's what his official position has been since before the primaries, as outlined on his website, without any caveats about talking to commanders or conditions on the ground:
Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months.
Could you give that to us again, just to make sure no one is confused?
Obama has a plan to immediately begin withdrawing our troops engaged in combat operations at a pace of one or two brigades every month, to be completed by the end of next year.
Here's Barack's new position:
Barack Obama believes we must be as careful getting out of Iraq as we were careless getting in. Immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: ending the war. The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders on the ground and done in consultation with the Iraqi government. Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010 – more than 7 years after the war began.
Under the Obama plan, a residual force will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda in Iraq and to protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel. He will not build permanent bases in Iraq, but will continue efforts to train and support the Iraqi security forces as long as Iraqi leaders move toward political reconciliation and away from sectarianism.
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this tacking back to the center has got to be infuriating to the hillaryites. he beat her to death with her her vote to authorize the use of force while he occupied an absolutist position on immediate withdrawal . . . that just about the only thing that would slow down his withdrawal of every single soldier from iraq was how fast the planes could get there . . .
so, now that he has dropped her in a heap in the primaries, all of the sudden his position is basically no difference than hers was. the only people more pissed off about this than the republicans are probably the hillary supporters.
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