Obama Is Right: McCain Was Wrong (video)(0)
Video evidence for Obama’s critique of McCain. Clips of McCain back in 2003 being completly wrong about the Iraq war. Good job Obama!
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Obama Gets Surge Support From Kerry And Feingold(0)
Two of the Senate’s most prominent war critics took to the defense of Barack Obama among withering criticism that his opposition to the surge was driven by political ambition.
In statements sent to the Huffington Post, Sens. John Kerry and Russ Feingold derided the current debate over the surge’s successes as campaign theater. A far more [...]
McCain camp on Maliki: One inartful statement(0)
The McCain campaign argued on Monday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s troop withdrawal plan was “one inartful statement,” adding that should Obama actually take seriously Maliki’s words it would be the height of political irresponsibility.
Link:The Huffington Post
McCain insists he was right, Obama wrong on Iraq(0)
Republican John McCain worked on Monday to wrestle the spotlight from rival Barack Obama’s tour of Iraq by insisting he was right and the Democrat was wrong about the war and releasing a new critical ad blaming higher gas prices on his opponent.
Link:My Way News
Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan(0)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months.
Link:Reuters
Obama camp hits McCain on confusions(0)
The self-professed candidate of “straight talk” and “experience” spent today changing his position on gay adoption, adopting Senator Obama’s position that we need more troops in Afghanistan after having resisted taking that position, flip flopping on whether he’d send U.S. or NATO troops (he actually offered three different explanations on where those additional troops would [...]
Obama: Two more brigades to Afghanistan, Democrat proposes 7,000 troop increase, saying effort there needs more support(1)
Democrat Barack Obama said Monday that as president he would send at least two more combat brigades to Afghanistan, where U.S. soldiers face rising violence and endured their deadliest attack in three years on Sunday.
The proposed force increase - about 7,000 troops - is part of Obama’s plan to pull combat troops out of Iraq [...]
Bush echoes Obama: Afghanistan is descending into Iraq-like insurgency(0)
President Bush, during a news conference on Tuesday, compared current-day Afghanistan to the war in Iraq in the height of its insurgency. In the process, he bolstered an argument that — of all people — Sen. Barack Obama has stressed on the campaign trail.
Link:Huffington Post
Changing dynamics in Iraq pose challenge for Obama(0)
Senator Barack Obama said he might “refine” his Iraq policies after meeting with military commanders there later this summer. But hours later he held a second news conference to emphasize his commitment to the withdrawing of all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.
His two statements, made Thursday in Fargo, North Dakota, [...]
Obama to refine Iraq plan(0)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Thursday backed off his firm promise to withdraw combat forces from Iraq immediately, and instead said he could “refine” his plan after his trip to Baghdad later this month.
Earlier, a top Obama adviser had said that the senator is not “wedded” to a specific timeline.
Link:Politico.com
