Posted on 05/10/2008 1:44:01 PM PDT by MaestroLC
In yet another New York Times advocacy piece for Barack Obama, we discover that Obama’s advisers are trying to rewrite history again.
Susan E. Rice, a former State Department and National Security Council official who is a foreign policy adviser to the Democratic candidate, said that “for political purposes, Senator Obama’s opponents on the right have distorted and reframed” his views. Mr. McCain and his surrogates have repeatedly stated that Mr. Obama would be willing to meet “unconditionally” with Mr. Ahmadinejad. But Dr. Rice said that this was not the case for Iran or any other so-called “rogue” state. Mr. Obama believes “that engagement at the presidential level, at the appropriate time and with the appropriate preparation, can be used to leverage the change we need,” Dr. Rice said. “But nobody said he would initiate contacts at the presidential level; that requires due preparation and advance work.”
The problem is, Barack Obama did say he’d meet with Iran unconditionally, in front of a lot of people, at the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate last July.
He was specifically and directly asked if he would meet with the leader of Iran without preconditions, in the first year of his presidency, and his answer was, “I would.”
Democratic Debate Transcript, CNN/YouTube - Council on Foreign Relations.
QUESTION: In 1982, Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel, a trip that resulted in a peace agreement that has lasted ever since. In the spirit of that type of bold leadership, would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?
OBAMA: I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous.
Obama's lies and flip-flops are stacking up quickly.
In his victory speech after the North Carolina primary, Sen. Barack Obama said something that is all the more remarkable for how little it has been remarked upon.
In defending his stated intent to meet with America’s enemies without preconditions, Sen. Obama said: “I trust the American people to understand that it is not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but to our enemies, like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did.”
That he made this statement, and that it passed without comment by the journalists covering his speech indicates either breathtaking ignorance of history on the part of both, or deceit.
I assume the Roosevelt to whom Sen. Obama referred is Franklin D. Roosevelt. Our enemies in World War II were Nazi Germany, headed by Adolf Hitler; fascist Italy, headed by Benito Mussolini, and militarist Japan, headed by Hideki Tojo. FDR talked directly with none of them before the outbreak of hostilities, and his policy once war began was unconditional surrender.
FDR died before victory was achieved, and was succeeded by Harry Truman. Truman did not modify the policy of unconditional surrender. He ended that war not with negotiation, but with the atomic bomb.
Harry Truman also was president when North Korea invaded South Korea in June, 1950. President Truman’s response was not to call up North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung for a chat. It was to send troops.
“Obama’s lies and flip-flops are stacking up quickly.”
But it won’t make any difference to the brain dead, who will vote for him “unconditionally.”
As I recall, during his second apology speech for Rev. Wright Obama said “He was never my spiritual mentor”. He has several times called the Rev. his spiritual mentor, as recent as the last month.
And they will eventually bury him. The halo of the 'Magnificent Magic Mulatto" has slipped and it is now beginning to tarnish.
Jeezus what an airhead. The notion is NOT that we are punishing them by not talking to them. The notion is that talking to them grants them a legitimacy which is not warrented, and leads them to assume that we will negotiate about things that are NOT negotiable.
I love how this fatuous blowhard wants to be "diplomatic" with our enemies, but then promises to "go after" the oil companies.
warrented = warranted.
There may be others to come.
At this rate, he and McLame can pass each other as Barry runs to the right and McLame to the left. Neither of them is worth the time to vote. Where are we headed?
What a blithering, half-witted poltroon.
BS. This person, who has a resume that could not get him a job in the real market if only because of his color, expects all to just elect him because he creates a warm feeling among the guilt ridden bitter Americans. BHO is an extreme radical. His wife has enough pent up hate in her to single handedly attack any and all that oppose her and BHO. There has never been an anti American race baited bigot this close to being elected in the history of the country. The problem is, most Americans are so ill informed as to the true candidate they intend to vote based on their emotional feeling, much like class president in high school.
The problem is, most Americans are so ill informed as to the true candidate they intend to vote based on their emotional feeling, much like class president in high school.
They’re called “Democrats”
I’m sorry, folks, but don’t you know? All this “judgment stuff” doesn’t matter. Warren Buffett, richest man in the world, is supporting Obama for the primary issue that Obama promises to tax Mr. Buffett and the super-rich at a very high rate and to pass along the savings to the middle class. How is that for priorities and “wisdom”?
I hope this dope gets the dem nomination. Then, after he gets his dumb ass handed to him in the general election, he and his nasty woman can fade away; only to be remembered in jokes.
And nowadays, everything is videotaped. Can’t get away with lies anymore either.
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