Posted on 04/10/2007 4:28:30 PM PDT by noname247
Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Republican White House rival John McCain for using a heavily guarded trip to a Baghdad market as evidence that Iraq's security is improving.
McCain and other members of a congressional delegation toured the Bab al-Sharqi market last week, traveling in armored military vehicles and wearing body armor during their hourlong excursion.
``The idea that the situation in Iraq is improving because it takes a security detail of 100 soldiers, three Black Hawk helicopters and a couple of Apache gunships to walk through a market in the middle of Baghdad is simply not credible and not reflective of the facts on the ground,'' Obama said in a taped interview that will air as part of a Democratic presidential forum sponsored by MoveOn.org.
The forum is the first ``virtual'' session in the presidential campaign. Seven Democratic candidates are scheduled to participate in the town hall that MoveOn.org planned to air online Tuesday night, with a simulcast on Air America radio.
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And Obama has stood ANYWHERE in Iraq, when?
Actually, McCain didn’t even wear a helmet. But we don’t hear about that now do we?
McCain is giving a big speech on Iraq tomorrow I hear.
About as safe as South Central LA.
Pfft~
Of course I believe everything “professor” Obama
says/sarc off
STFU Obama, you worthless lightweight.
McCain is a goofball, but I will take his opinions on the military situation over this empty suit’s any day.
This just infuriates me for some reason.
I’ll take word of a former POW over a former junkie any day.
Obama is accusing someone ELSE of GRANDSTANDING???? BWwaaahahahahahahahahahahaha.....
This from the man who slaps the CBC and FOX news in the face by refusing to debate while they are hosting. Yeah right; Obama can talk all he wants, but he can’t walk the walk. Got to Iraq? go on fox news? HAHAHAHAHA
What a chicken and spineless individual.
Oh, blow it out your ear Hussien.
What level of security doues Hillary use jusy to do a booksigning in Peoria?
Iraq is a war zone you dope and even if it was the good ol USA Mc Pain would be traveling with security.
To do otherwise wouldnt be prudent
Perhaps Barack Hussein Obama could go to a Baghdad market and get himself blowed up as evidence that Iraq's security is declining. To counter McCain, of course.
He’s an idiot. No way a presidential contender goes ANYWHERE without a large contigent of guards, even in THIS country.
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