This is a devastating editorial exposing Barack Obama for the opportunistic lightweight that he is.
At the time he first proposed his timetable, Mr. Obama argued — wrongly, as it turned out — that U.S. troops could not stop a sectarian civil war. He conceded that a withdrawal might be accompanied by a “spike” in violence. Now, he describes as “an achievable goal” that “we leave Iraq to a government that is taking responsibility for its future — a government that prevents sectarian conflict and ensures that the al-Qaeda threat which has been beaten back by our troops does not reemerge.” How will that “true success” be achieved? By the same pullout that Mr. Obama proposed when chaos in Iraq appeared to him inevitable.
The Post’s conclusion,
The message that the Democrat sends is that he is ultimately indifferent to the war’s outcome.
Bottom Line: As Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive said, this guy cannot bring himself to use the phrase “victory” when it comes to Iraq. He is only interested in pacifying domestic political audiences. Could there be a less desirable character trait in a potential commander in chief?
Given all that we, and the Iraqi’s, have achieved and sacrificed, this is disgraceful, disrespectful and downright stupid. What Barack and the rest of the Democrats are incapable of seeing is that they can have their cake and eat it too. They can hang Iraq around the Republicans neck, even in victory.
You see, Bush made a million errors in Iraq, from not enough troops, to lack of post invasion planning to no strategy to deal with the insurgency. Another byproduct of poor planning is the sorry state of veterans care when they return home. And then there is the financial cost. If the Dems only had the courage to stand up to the domestic insurgents, the MoveOn.org’s of the left, they could be sitting in office for the successful transfer of Iraq. They could rightly claim that they didn’t turn their back on Iraq and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
A successful outcome in Iraq cannot change any of the mistakes of the Bush administration. The one thing Bush got right was the desire for victory. The best thing he ever did was say thanks but no thanks to the Iraq Study Group. He was resolute, and because of that, we have a real chance at victory in Iraq, despite all the mistakes outlined above.
Barack Obama wants to be president yet he is so unfocused on victory, and so wedded to withdrawal, that he is disqualified in my opinion from having what it takes to be commander in chief. What will Barack say to the families of the 4,121 who sacrificed their lives for a victory in Iraq? What will he say to the thousands more who have been maimed and severely wounded? How about the families they leave behind for years at a time?
“You all gave it a great effort, but we really have to go, do you realize how much pressure MoveOn.org is putting on me?”
Hardly the character of a leader.
Barack Obama is ready to fold to the domestic insurgents at the very moment when the real insurgents in Iraq are on the verge of a historic, catastrophic defeat. What could be more pathetic than that?