Obama: Bush and McCain Mistaken Because They Underestimated How Successful Surge Would Be
By Rizzuto

Sun Jul 27, 2008 - Seriously...he said this on ABC's This Week, then he proceeded to minimize the role of American Troops. From the LA Times:
Addressing what has become one of his most difficult campaign issues, Obama said that the violence "has gone down more than any of us have anticipated, including President Bush and John McCain."

But the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, appearing on NBC's " Meet the Press," argued that the decline was brought about not just by the U.S. troop increase, but also by a combination of factors, including Iraqi Sunnis' decision to turn against the Al Qaeda members in their midst.

"To try to single out a single factor in a messy situation is not accurate," he said, while also emphasizing that U.S. combat forces had made "an enormous difference."
Are we supposed to forget that Obama voted against what he now admits to be the hugely successful policy of the surge in Iraq because he happens to believe that McCain and Bush underestimated just how successful it would be? That sure seems like the logic he's using here. Even his lame excuses require mental gymnastics to make sense.

Also, I'm sick and tired of these leftists minimizing the role the surge and the Troops played in pacifying Iraq. They seem to think that they can say anything they want so long as they qualify with "but yeah they had something to do with it." Bottom line is that Obama is attempting to downplay the surge, which McCain had urged despite its political unpopularity . By default, he is downplaying the role of the troops, seeing as they were the backbone of the surge strategy. And yes, that single factor has led to what we're seeing in Iraq now.




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