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| Big O Wants Iraqi Security, Too |
| 2008-07-06 |
| On Thursday in North Dakota, Obama said that "I'll ... continue to refine my policy" on Iraq after an upcoming trip there. With a promise to end the war the central premise of his candidacy, the Obama campaign has struggled over the past two days to push back against Republicans and others who say his recent statement could be a softening or change in policy. Nah, it only looks like that to us non-lefty-losers. Obama has always said his promise to end the war would require consultations with military commanders and, possibly, flexibility. "The tactics of how we ensure our troops are safe as we pull out, how we execute the withdrawal, those are things that are all based on facts and conditions," he said. "I am not somebody — unlike George Bush — who is willing to ignore facts on the basis of my preconceived notions." Words fail. McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said Obama needs to "understand that his words matter." "We are all absolutely committed to ending this war, but on Thursday Barack Obama's words indicated that he also shared John McCains commitment to securing the peace beforehand," he said. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 "No preconceived notions" like supporting the Black Church reparations agenda? |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-07-06 17:56 |
| #5 Idiot. Idiot period. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-07-06 17:14 |
| #4 Oprah wants Iraqi security? |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2008-07-06 15:48 |
| #3 Big O? Chessy movie time. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-06 08:52 |
| #2 Obama has always said his promise to end the war would require consultations with military commanders and, possibly, flexibility... Has he 'always said' it Ebonicphorically or did I just miss something? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-06 07:56 |
| #1 Interesting. When I hit submit, it went to the text screen, looked like it was going to double-post, then hung. I copied the error message: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0x97 HINT: This error can also happen if the byte sequence does not match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled by "client_encoding". But it clearly did post... Glad to have the 'Burg back! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-06 07:01 |