Comments on: Obama Dodging Fact-Finding Trip to Iraq?

By: Obama’s campaign stunt to visit Iraq and Afghanistan « Boudica BPI Weblog

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:13:31 +0000

[...] Iraq has changed considerably, and while not pacified, it is certainly moving rapidly towards stability. The Iraqi people have left Barack Obama to bitterly cling to an Iraq that no longer exists, as a candidate unable to accept change or provide hope. Source [...]

By: Pajamas Media » Taking the Pulse of the Heartland

Pajamas Media » Taking the Pulse of the Heartland — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:49:42 +0000

[...] To lend some background, while Indiana is the 15th most populous state in America, it has the 4th largest National Guard and more current National Guard troops in active service than any state in America. Hoosiers have served at disproportionately higher amounts than other states, beginning when more than 210,000 served in the Civil War. Of the nearly 1.3 million American combat deaths since 1861, over four and a half percent of those (roughly 60,000) have come from Indiana. That’s obviously well above average, and Hoosiers recognize that. Nearly 140 of Indiana’s bravest heroes have been killed during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom—the battlefields Obama has been so reticent to visit lately. [...]

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:25:12 +0000

Proof that when you have a Belief, facts need not stand in the way. Ideology is triumphant and enduring because Faith can resist Time and Reality.

By: always right

always right — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:56:11 +0000

Not surprising.

I heard obama’s also head of a committee, but never find time to lead or get himeself ‘informed’.

By: Carl T.

Carl T. — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:44:20 +0000

Obama is the most pompous person ever to run for President. Iraq citizens, their military and of course our Military have really turned things around in IRAQ these past 18 months. We have trained the Iraqies to govern themselves. AND its working. Even the MSM (USA Today) had positive things to say about the month of May in Iraq.
For Obama, Pelosi, Reid and their ilk to ignore reality really is a “suspension of disbelief”. Remember that their ratings are even lower than Prsident Bush!

By: Terry Gain

Terry Gain — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:30:56 +0000

Nineteen U.S. soldiers died in Iraq in May, the lowest of any month since the liberation, democratization and pacification of Iraq began.

Objectively B.O’s “Iraq is lost” narrative is six months out of date. He will not be able to sustain this fantasy throughout a general election campaign.

By: Mary in LA

Mary in LA — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:47:08 +0000

George Clarke, bravo! You sure took Mike to school. Much better response than mine.

By: AST

AST — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:54:12 +0000

How can you believe he’s all about change when he can’t even keep up with current events? He’s running on a conclusion that the war is lost. Maybe Harry Reid or Nancy P. will be his VP candidate. They seem to exist in the same time channel as he does, about a year behind actual events.

His idea of change seems to be stasis.

By: Believer

Believer — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:19:41 +0000

After today, there’s no need for him to go to Iraq.

That tape of Pfleger ranting last Sunday at TUCC will bury him.

If anybody’s going to Iraq with McCain, it’ll be Hillary.

I’ll bet she’s packing her bags right now.

By: George Clarke

George Clarke — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:56:29 +0000

Mike:
Pointless War and Pointless Victory? Rape rooms and multiple rapes being stopped? Torture rooms closed and plastic shredders shredded themselves? Democracy firmly in place rather than a Stalinistic tyranny? 40,000 slaughtered Iraquis a year replaced with a more normal mortality. Iran securely surrounded on three sides. Saddam’s WMD Committee of Scientists with orders to reconstitute their vile programs permanently put out of business, and thousands of square miles of French manufactured weapons dumps blown up and closed down. And Saddam no longer able to bribe Arab boys into blowing themselves up in pointless public suicides like on 9/11 in order to help their hopeless families. And the US Military now regarded as the most invincible force in history. And the Dead of 9/11 well vindicated, if not completely so. And the Food for Oil Corruption Program shut down as well so millions of children freed from Saddam’s prisons can now eat. And the Marsh Arabs and Kurds liberated from a slow genocide. And the Glee of those with Purple Fingers. And you think because this all happened in the Cradle of Civilization it was pointless? The US was far more bankrupt at the end of our Civil War and at the end of WWII but the Slaves were still free and the Death Camps were still closed. If you think this is pointless, then what was the proper response to the World Trade Center being destroyed? Sheesh.