OBAMA OBJECTS

NY Post ^ | 9/17/08 | Amir Taheri

[Eleutheria5]

IN Monday's Post, I discussed how Barack Obama...had asked Iraqi leaders not to finalize an agreement vital to the future of US forces in Iraq - and how the effect of such a delay would be to postpone the departure of the US from Iraq beyond the time Obama himself calls for.

The Obama campaign has objected. While its statement says my article was "filled with distortions," the rebuttal actually centers on a technical point: the differences between two Iraqi-US accords under negotiation - the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA, to set rules governing US military personnel in Iraq) and the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA, to settle the legal basis for the US military presence in Iraq in the months and years ahead).

The Obama camp says I confused the two. It continues: "On the Status of Forces Agreement, Sen. Obama has always said he hoped that the US and Iraq would complete it - but if they did not, the option of extending the UN mandate should be considered.

"As to the Strategic Framework Agreement, Sen. Obama has consistently said that any security arrangements that outlast this administration should have the backing of the US Congress - especially given the fact that the Iraqi parliament will have the opportunity to vote on it."

If there is any confusion, it's in Obama's position - for the two agreements are interlinked: You can't have any US military presence under one agreement without having settled the other accord. (Thus, in US-Iraqi talks, the aim is a comprehensive agreement that covers both SOFA and SFA.)

And the claim that Obama only wanted the Strategic Framework Agreement delayed until a new administration takes office, and had no objection to a speedy conclusion of a Status of Forces Agreement, is simply untrue.

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[Eleutheria5]

He's skewered his own self on the record in the MSM, and Taheri cites it! This is it! He's done!

[Travis McGee]

Will the MSM report it?

[willgetsome]

NO

Next question.

[Eleutheria5]

If McCain does an attack ad based on these facts, the MSM will denounce the ad, thereby drawing attention to the facts. Don’t you know how this works by now?

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

You can’t stop:

“...Obama was willing to SACRIFICE the lives of AMERICAN SOLDIERS to ADVANCE his POLITICAL career....”

*TREASONGATE!!!!!!!!!

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[freebilly]

So, Obama is essentially calling Zebari a liar. Too bad no one in the MSM seems willing to question Obama on this....

[LibFreeUSA]

-"While I am encouraged by the senator's evolution, I must also appeal to him to issue a "cease and desist" plea to the battalions of his sympathizers - who have been threatening me with death and worse in the days since my article appeared.

- "death threats", "email break-ins", when are authorities gonna round up, throw the book and start to locking up these idiots!

[Eleutheria5]

Obama was trying to sabotage the foreign policy of a sitting president so HE could have an issue to run for president on. This is megalomania on a par with Nebuchadnezzar.
Even worse, though, he can’t even lie and spin competently!

[FreeReign]

While I am encouraged by the senator's evolution, I must also appeal to him to issue a "cease and desist" plea to the battalions of his sympathizers - who have been threatening me with death and worse in the days since my article appeared.

Sounds like Amir hit a nerve...

[Eleutheria5]

And Zebari is outright calling Obama a liar.

[FreeReign]

So, Obama is essentially calling Zebari a liar. Too bad no one in the MSM seems willing to question Obama on this....

I'm so sure Charlie Gibson will be along shortly to ask Obama the tough questions on this.

[Eleutheria5]

Didn’t his brother Henry use to recite funny poems on Laugh-In?

[FreeReign]

Didn’t his brother Henry use to recite funny poems on Laugh-In?

No, the Laugh-In Gibson and the ABC News Gibson are the same guy.

;)

[gusopol3]

While I am encouraged by the senator's evolution, I must also appeal to him to issue a "cease and desist" plea to the battalions of his sympathizers - who have been threatening me with death and worse in the days since my article appeared.

come on Amir, they're just being neighborly, getting up in your face.

[popdonnelly]

Brownshirts. Certainly no better than Brownshirts. Are you allowed to get away with this bullying if you are “progressive”? That’s an entirely rhetorical question, we already know the answer.

[ClaudiusI]

Obama.getMoney(), Obama.setPolicy(), Obama.disperseMisinformation(), Obama.callRacist(republican *politician)

If you laughed, you’re a very big geek.

[Jeff Chandler]

function ObamaStumble()
{
mouth.utter(”uh”)

}

teleprompter.onfail = ObamaStumble();

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" In other words, Obama was trying to derail current US policy, while Zebari was urging him not to "waste time."

In other words... Obama was trying to sabotage a sitting US President official negotiations and agreements with Iraq.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" According to Zebari, Obama said "some media reports that I want all [American] forces withdrawn are wrong. I want to keep American forces [in Iraq] to train [the Iraqi army] and fight terrorism."

Now if we can get Zebari to state on record in public his account... then the McCain Campaign should run with this and make it a issue.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I wish President Bush would come on all network channels and make a short but effective news press statement on this issue...

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Since the account can be confirmed now... would the White House have a good reason to pursue this and President Bush make a press statement ?

[Eleutheria5]

I’ll settle for a nice, nasty attack ad from McCain. If Bush gets directly involved, they can turn it around and accuse him of abusing the bully pulpit and sabotaging a possible future president’s options on Iraq. An attack ad from McCain, however, will work wonders.

It goes like this: McCain runs attack ad. Media attacks attack ad, making many angry chimp noises and jumping up and down. People who didn’t see ad now do, and start paying attention. It gets into presidential debate forums, and Obama contradicts self, blusters, puts both feet in mouth. McCain responds succinctly that emperor is naked and has feet in mouth. Obama goes down in polls, gets desperate and puts whole leg in mouth. Reaction becomes self-sustaining, reaches critical mass and Obama implodes, creating much helium out of hydrogen. New energy source is discovered, cold fusion. Obama loses election, but has legacy as father of peace in the middle east and energy independence. He, however, does not appreciate this, loses reelection to Senate, goes to live in trailer. Drinks. Beats wife. Mouths off on talk radio shows.