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Obama; Wrong Then and Befuddled Now

Jul 23, 2008 Political

Barack Hussein Obama absolutely opposed the surge of troops into Iraq. This is an undeniable truth and his own words on the subject depict not only a man who opposed the surge but told us that he believed it would have the opposite effect. He said it would cause more violence, not less. Doug Ross documents Obama’s position on the surge:

Barack Obama, Jan. 2007: “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraqis going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”

Democrat Barack Obama, Jan 2007: “I don’t think the president’s [surge] strategy is going to work.”

Democrat Barack Obama, Jul. 2007: “My assessment is that the surge has not worked.”

Democrat Barack Obama, Oct. 2007: “[The surge is a] complete failure… Iraq’s leaders are not reconciling. They are not achieving political benchmarks.”

There is no doubt that Obama opposed the surge, thought it would not work and declared it a failure. So what does the presumptive Democratic nominee do when confronted with the fact that the surge has been a success despite the defeatist attitude of him and his fellow Democrats? He refuses to admit he was wrong and then says that, knowing what he knows now, he still would not have supported it. Then, just to show how really out of touch he is, he advocates for a surge in Afghanistan. In other words, he wants us to do in Afghanistan what worked in Iraq but which he opposed and would still oppose were it presented today. Or would he since he is supporting it now but in another country? Confused yet?

We should have seen this coming since Obama told us six months ago that success was based on Democrats being elected to the majority:

What we have to do is to begin a phased redeployment to send a clear signal to the Iraqi government that we are not going to be there in perpetuity. Now, it will — we should be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in. I welcome the genuine reductions of violence that have taken place, although I would point out that much of that violence has been reduced because there was an agreement with tribes in Anbar province — Sunni tribes — who started to see, after the Democrats were elected in 2006, you know what, the Americans may be leaving soon, and we are going to be left very vulnerable to the Shi’as. We should start negotiating now. That’s how you change behavior.

And that’s why I will send a clear signal to the Iraqi government. They will have ample time to get their act together, to actually pass an oil law, which has been — they’ve been talking about now for years. [emphasis added] Flopping Aces

So, which is it Senator? Were the troops the reason for the decreased violence or was this brought about because Democrats were elected to the majority? Why do you want to put more troops in Afghanistan (to emulate the strategy in Iraq) if you opposed it as wrong then and still would not support it today?

Obama is busy trying to appease everyone in order to get elected. He needs to appeal to the left wing moonbats who oppose any military action and want an immediate withdraw. He needs to appeal to people who want victory as the exit strategy so he can pick up those votes and he needs to appear as if he knew what he was talking about all along so that people will not think he is inexperienced or a flip-flopper.

If he admits he was wrong about the surge then his base will think he abandoned them. He will suffer a reverse of Hillary’s fate. She refused to admit her vote for the war was wrong and she lost support. If he admits that the surge was the right thing to do he will lose support as well.

The problem is, he was wrong. He was wrong about it all and now he is being called on it. The Gateway Pundit has video of an interview with Katie Couric of CBS and Obama comes off as smug and uninformed. Obama’s position is that the surge worked but it was bad strategy. In the interview, he makes a weak attempt at deflecting to how money could have been used to do other things. It is quite pathetic.

Here is an idea. Pick a position and stick with it. If you are wrong then have the testicular fortitude to say that your initial assessment was wrong and move on from there.

The problem is, Obama is trying to be everything to everyone and in the end it will be his undoing. As the next 15 weeks move on more Americans will see that Obama really lacks the experience to lead us in these perilous times.

Obama had better get it right because if he is elected and then takes actions that cause us to lose the war it will alienate a lot of this country. Americans, all real Americans, can’t stand the thought of losing. Obama’s plan is to lose and if we had followed his desires we would be doing just that.

I just wish that the Democrats had as much desire for our country to win the war as they do to win elections.

Big Dog

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Tags: defeat, inexperience, katie couric, McCain, Obama, surge, triumph, war

Clinton Campaign Lies to Cover Her Inexperience

Jan 2, 2008 Political

Senator Joe Biden had a few words about a recent gaffe by Hillary Clinton with regard to Pakistan. Clinton made comments about Pakistan having a presidential election and Biden pointed out that Musharraf was already elected and the upcoming event is a parliamentary election. Biden probably has the most experience of all the Democrats running (even though he does not have that valuable experience of being a First lady) and he is strong on foreign affairs. I don’t care for Biden’s politics but if the argument is for experience then he has it, hands down, over any of the other Democrats and many of the Republicans.

Clinton’s campaign responded by stating that the candidate was speaking about Musharraf’s party and not him in particular. Her exact words were (two different occasions):

Clinton’s comments came in an interview with ABC Sunday, in which she said, “[Musharraf] could be the only person on the ballot. I don’t think that’s a real election.”

The New York senator also made similar comments during an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer last week, saying then, “If President Musharraf wishes to stand for election, then he should abide by the same rules that every other candidate will have to follow.” [emphasis mine] CNN

These statements make it pretty clear that Hillary was speaking about the presidential election and about Musharraf. She was not speaking about his party or using general terms. The fact that her campaign would make such blatantly false statements shows that it is either ignorant of the facts or is willing to ignore the truth in order to win.

Biden was correct on this one. Hillary Clinton, the “most experienced” candidate was very incorrect and showed her ignorance with regard to Pakistan. Her foreign experience is no where near as honed as Biden’s and she is not as accomplished as she would like people to believe.

The reality of the situation is that we once again see the Clinton crime gang saying anything and disregarding the truth. She is already viewed as someone that cannot be trusted and this will not make that impression any better.

Perhaps when they were sending her on all the dangerous missions that no one else went on she skipped Pakistan…

Hillary is Satan.

Big Dog