Comments on: Obama’s Questionable Diplomacy in Iraq

By: smitisan

smitisan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:14:11 +0000

Geez, somebody done went and made me famous all over right wing blogs. Well, the election’s over now, you lost, and I’m LMAO. And I guess McCain, with all those plans for ending the war and fixing the economy and all that “I know where Osama is” BS is just going to take his marbles and go home now, huh? And as for the topic here, I seem to remember the great Gipper negotiating with Iran when they were holding American hostages. All a matter of whose ox, ain’t it?

By: AFNonline » Blog Archive » Candidate Obama’s Meddling in Iraq Confirmed

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:42:03 +0000

[...] withdrawal date.” They declined. (…)”. Bob Owens in a PJs article “Obama’s Questionable Diplomacy in Iraq” had a reaction to the allegations from the Multi-National Force Iraq Press [...]

By: Wonk Room » Maliki: Bush Tried To Delay U.S. Withdrawal To Help McCain

Wonk Room » Maliki: Bush Tried To Delay U.S. Withdrawal To Help McCain — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:32:45 +0000

[...] week, the right-wing fever swamp was bubbling up over an article by Amir Taheri, in which Taheri claimed that Barack Obama had [...]

By: Rubicon

Rubicon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:42:42 +0000

It is doubtful Obama tried to do this. In addition, it is likely that if he did, Petraeus told him NO. Obama was probably feeling out Petraeus & others for what they felt was going to happen or could happen. That is an entirely different issue.
It is true that during or just after his visit the Iraqi PM & others started talking about withdraw timetables. There he may have influenced them by telling them if they worked with him on this, he might work with them on long term issues relevant to them & their political survival. Not cool, but certainly legal.
I would bet this is all a comedy of coincidental errors & events. That’s all!
On McCain… it is on the Congressional record he is one of the most tech savvy Senators we have. His non use of a PC is based on injuries from torture that make using a keyboard or mouse extremely difficult & painful for him. Tech savvy is more important than being able to send an email. He has been on the forefront on tech issues & he has been a champion of tech issues. Those who think otherwise would do themselves a favor & not encourage Obama or his people to challenge McCain on tech issues. They will lose out, big time. Just because someone “wants” a story to be true, does not mean it is. Wishful thinking has blown up in the face of many over the years, especially politicians.

By: tomw

tomw — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:22:25 +0000

Lee MO-Ozark:

I guess it’s a good thing Obama was authorized then, huh?

By: Lee-Missouri Ozarks

Lee-Missouri Ozarks — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:52:28 +0000

This seems to be a Democrat “thing”

First SanFranNan Pelosi in Syria and now B Hussien Obama in Iraq, bath sans diplomatic credentials. They were in no way authorized to “negotiate” or commit the United States to any action whatsoever.

This is the clear cut duty of the President and his very specific appointees.

I belive our Constitution is very clear on this matter. Any direct or indirect unauthorized attempt to subvert or alter the foriegn policies of a sitting president that involve enemies or enemy supporting governments is TREASON.

Foriegn Policy and combat involving United States Military is the domain of the POTUS. I really don’t know how it can be any clearer.

PC is Thought Control
LEE

By: tomw

tomw — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:15:52 +0000

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/undermining-mcc.html

“Lending significant credence to Obama’s response is the fact that — though it’s absent from the Post story and other retellings — in addition to Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, this July meeting was also attended by Bush administration officials such as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the Baghdad embassy’s Legislative Affairs advisor Rich Haughton, as well as a Republican senator, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska.

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Two officials of the Bush administration say that if Obama had done what the Post story asserted – which they believe to be untrue – U.S. Ambassador Crocker and embassy officials attending the meeting would have ensured that the Bush administration heard about it immediately. If such an incident occurred in front of officials of the Bush administration, it would have constituted a foreign policy breach and would have been front-page huge news; it would not have leaked out two months later in an op-ed column”

By: Thanks to Sarah Palin… » Blog Archive » The Hidden Sinisterisms of the O Campaign

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:44:21 +0000

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By: Bob A

Bob A — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:38:59 +0000

Good post and many good comments. He is a typical liberal. Hillary clinton exposed the true colors of the Democratic party by her actions. Invited to and accepting an invitation to participate in a Jewish groups protest against Iran in front of the UN, when she finds out Governor Palin is also invited says if Palin is there no way is she going. Too funny. She said she didn’t know that it was going to be a partisan political event. When it is Democrat only I guess it is not partisan but when it also involves Republicans it becomes by magic partisan.

By: Vin R

Vin R — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:02:27 +0000

TREASON=Standard operating procedure for democrats