This is from the Kiplinger Letter of August 6, 2010 Vol. 87. No. 32:
“(Is this) The end of combat operations in Iraq? ….. the 50,000 troops who will remain after Aug. 31 will be advisors in name only. In practice, they’ll be a strong enough force for combat if called to do so.”
Hmmm. Does this cause you to have any thoughts? Any at all?
During the primary campaign in the spring of 2008, Barack Hussein Obama said that he would pull "all" troops out of Iraq immediately after being elected. During the general campaign in the fall of 2008, Obama "changed" to that he would pull "all" troops out within 13 months after getting elected. After his election, Obama "changed" again to that he would pull "all" troops out within 16 months after taking office. Last spring of 2010 (already 16 months after getting elected), Obama "changed" once more to that he would pull all "combat" troops out by the end of the summer.
Does he think that the American public is stupid?
Does he think that we will not remember his words?
Obama has been back peddling because he knows that the commitments that he made were wrong. He was and is wrong about so many things.
Obama opposed the surge by George W. Bush. As a Senator, Obama voted against any funding for it. But that surge was so successful that Iraq is now a democratic country. It is a base for USA operations in the Middle East. It was so successful that Obama is now using that same surge strategy in Afghanistan. He is even using the same general that he opposed in 2007…General David Petraeus.
Obama has learned what Bush and so many others already knew….that Iraq is strategic to America’s interests in the Middle East. That is why Obama is leaving 50,000 troops there indefinitely. It is in the middle of the Arab world. From Iraq, any country can be reached by American troops quickly.
Why didn’t Bush go into Afghanistan? Why did he select Iraq? Because the terrain in Afghanistan is too difficult for traditional armies. It is much easier to defend than to attack. The USSR lost there. The USA is losing soldiers in Afghanistan at a rate for the last few months that is as high as any time in Iraq. (Do you notice the difference in how the media is treating Obama’s Afghanistan as compared to how it treated Bush’s Iraq?).
Iraq was chosen to act like a bug zapper. And it worked. It attracted insurgents so that the USA killed 150,000 insurgents in Iraq.
Like on so many things, Obama parses. He lies. And now he is trying to explain away the 50,000 troops that he is leaving in Iraq as advisors. Kiplinger understands this: "the 50,000 troops who will remain after Aug. 31 will be advisors in name only. In practice, they’ll be a strong enough force for combat if called to do so."
Obama misled America during the elections. And now he is parsing words the way a lawyer does. He cannot be trusted.
Obama made the decision to take the fight to Afghanistan. How is he doing at that?
One more thing: Obama criticized Bush for not finding bin Laden. He told us during the elections that he would find bin Laden and bring him to justice. So how is Obama doing at that?
Obama lies. He lacks transparency. (Where are his long form birth certificate, his passports, and his college documents?). He fails on his promises (no increased taxes for the middle class, unemployment kept under 8%, out of Iraq in 13 months, close Gittmo, find bin Laden). He panders to give himself power (George Soros, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, NEA, SIEU, AFL-CIO). He divides the USA by racial rhetoric (Wright, Jones, Gates). And he is corrupt (Waters, Rangle, Rezko, Blago).
American needs to get rid of Barack Hussein Obama (Barry Soetoro) along with all those who have supported him…especially those in Congress… if we want to save America.
Michael Master is the author of “Save America Now!” It can be ordered at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616235756
