http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/barack_w_bush.html
.....Obama once criticized Bush for his unwillingness to meet directly with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exaggerating the danger from Iran, which supposedly didn't "pose any serious threat." Lately though, he agrees with the president that Iran now in fact is a "grave threat."
Obama's most serious about-face is on Iraq. He once promised a rigid and rapid timetable for withdrawing our troops. But given the radical success of Gen. David Petraeus' surge and change in tactics, Obama is now calling for withdrawals to be based on the conditions on the ground in Iraq. How different is this plan from the present administration's policy of incrementally sending home brigades as Petraeus hands off security responsibilities to Iraqis in additional provinces?.....
This article raises very interesting points. If any of these occurred in isolation they wouldn't be alarming but his slow turns on Iraq and Iran scare me the most. If I think for one minute he's going to have the same agenda in Iraq as the old fart McCain, I'm writing in Cynthia McKinney or Ron Paul.
.....Obama once criticized Bush for his unwillingness to meet directly with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exaggerating the danger from Iran, which supposedly didn't "pose any serious threat." Lately though, he agrees with the president that Iran now in fact is a "grave threat."
Obama's most serious about-face is on Iraq. He once promised a rigid and rapid timetable for withdrawing our troops. But given the radical success of Gen. David Petraeus' surge and change in tactics, Obama is now calling for withdrawals to be based on the conditions on the ground in Iraq. How different is this plan from the present administration's policy of incrementally sending home brigades as Petraeus hands off security responsibilities to Iraqis in additional provinces?.....
This article raises very interesting points. If any of these occurred in isolation they wouldn't be alarming but his slow turns on Iraq and Iran scare me the most. If I think for one minute he's going to have the same agenda in Iraq as the old fart McCain, I'm writing in Cynthia McKinney or Ron Paul.
