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Originally Posted by dude1394
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MORE ON THE OBAMA WEBSITE'S Iraq war airbrushing, at the L.A. Times.
UPDATE: Some surprisingly strong Obama criticism in the Washington Post:
At the time he first proposed his timetable, Mr. Obama argued -- wrongly, as it turned out -- that U.S. troops could not stop a sectarian civil war. He conceded that a withdrawal might be accompanied by a "spike" in violence. Now, he describes as "an achievable goal" that "we leave Iraq to a government that is taking responsibility for its future -- a government that prevents sectarian conflict and ensures that the al-Qaeda threat which has been beaten back by our troops does not reemerge." How will that "true success" be achieved? By the same pullout that Mr. Obama proposed when chaos in Iraq appeared to him inevitable. . . .
The message that the Democrat sends is that he is ultimately indifferent to the war's outcome -- that Iraq "distracts us from every threat we face" and thus must be speedily evacuated regardless of the consequences. That's an irrational and ahistorical way to view a country at the strategic center of the Middle East, with some of the world's largest oil reserves. Whether or not the war was a mistake, Iraq's future is a vital U.S. security interest. If he is elected president, Mr. Obama sooner or later will have to tailor his Iraq strategy to that reality.
Indeed."
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He has already tailored his message to that reality. That is why the Far Left media is screaming mad at him for retreating on his position to end the war.
He is now saying that we will end the war as soon as it is over and we have been successful.
Now, those words are mine and they are my summary.
His words are more like:
1)We expect to remove combat troops AS THE FACTS ON THE GROUND SUPPORT IT (ie, when the Generals say we don't need the combat troops which means the same thing as my words above)
2)We will still have troops in place to help with training, support, technology, air support etc. (just like in Afghanistan, the "just like in Afghanistan" phrase is mine). He says that we should not misunderstand him to mean that all troops will be removed over time. He says that troops will stay [for training, support, etc.]
So, Obama has already moved his position to reflect that he understands the necessity of success in Iraq. If you are voting for him "to end the war in Iraq" you are deluded.