Obama adviser: Keep 80,000 troops in Iraq (Obama is a liar!)

hot air ^ | 4/4/2008 | Ed Morrissey

[tobyhill]

Barack Obama’s adviser on Iraq has written a confidential paper arguing that the US needs to remain robustly engaged in Iraq in order to build on the successes of the past year. The New York Sun’s Eli Lake reports on the confidential paper by Colin Kahl, the coordinator for Obama’s advisory group on Iraq, which foresees the same kind of long-term presence that John McCain has advocated. It calls for a gradual reduction through 2010 to a baseline presence of as many as 80,000 American troops:

This has some difficult implications for Obama. He has made a point of distorting McCain’s remarks about maintaining a strong presence in a post-war Iraq for regional stability. Now — for the second time — a close adviser offers the exact same policy.

[DoughtyOne]

A lot of folks are certain Obama would destroy our efforts in Iraq. The fact is probably closer to the idea that neither he, Clinton, Pelosi or Reed could withdraw all our troops as they have suggested in their demagoguing of the issue over the years.

I could very well be wrong on that count. I would hate to test the theory, but I’m not so sure I wouldn’t hate some other eventualities even more.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This should do wonders with his core of anti-war moonbats who believed his first act as president was to pull out of Iraq.
Obama is turning into a bigger flip-flopper than lurch.

[Canedawg]

“Obama is a liar!”

Yes, yes he is.

[Robert DeLong]

<1>a confidential paper

Yeah right.

[Robert DeLong]

I guess I should add that this was just an attempt to show that he would not just pull troops out of Iraq. More lies, and darned lies at that to show he is not as liberal as he is now being protrayed.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

from lurkin at the DU, they’re convinced that by the end of obamas first week, we’ll be out of iraq, have universal health care, increased taxes on the darned rich, all katrina “evacuees” problems will be solved etc..etc..they won’t tolerate ANY excuse if the above stuff isn’t done at the end of 30 days..

[TNCMAXQ]

So he’s really a warmonger! No better than Bush. LOL.

[tobyhill]

He would still destroy it. There's no way that leaving even 80,000 is enough. 120,000 minimum for at least 5 years. There's still 100,000 in Germany 60 years later although it's down from 250,000 in the 80s.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

Is that Ralph Nader I see in a cloud of dust heading this way?

[tobyhill]

This is Obama trying to weasel to the center but no matter what he would or wouldn't do he's a liar.

[Tex Pete]

The truth is, none of them were ever going to pull the troops out of Iraq. It is impossible at this point. It would take years to do if we started this minute.

Hillary and Obama know this. They are just guilty of leftist (and in Obama’s case, muslim) taqiyya. The left has no problem with it, just like muslims have no problem with it.

[SunkenCiv]

calls for a gradual reduction through 2010 to a baseline presence of as many as 80,000 American troops

This should have no effect at all on the loons who support Obama.

[tobyhill]

Only one thing Conservatives should remember this election, divide and conquer.

[Melchior]

This is a surprise. Kahl is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown who in early Fall 2007 rejected the success of the surge and suggested that the Bush team would soon call it victory and leave. He is a far out lefty just plucked from the Political Science department at the U. of Minnesota by the far out lefty political science professors at Georgetown.

[Eva]

Obama is opposed to the use of military force by the US, opposed to “militarism” in general, when used by a dominating country or institution. It’s part of the Liberation Theology that he adheres to. So, 80,000 troops would not be enough to hold down “change” in Iraq. Change is the new euphemism for Marxist revolution.

[tobyhill]

It may keep a few anti-war nuts from going to the polls which maybe the difference between Obama being called Commander In Chief or the preferred not.

[FlashBack]

NOBAMA '08

[tobyhill]

Interesting.

[Polybius]

A lot of folks are certain Obama would destroy our efforts in Iraq. The fact is probably closer to the idea that neither he, Clinton, Pelosi or Reed could withdraw all our troops as they have suggested in their demagoguing of the issue over the years.

They can, however, recreate a "Blackhawk Down" situation.

They would be too scared to pull out but too Politically Correct to do what it takes to win. Therefore, when it was time to rescue the Blackhawk crew, the U.S. did not have any tanks to go in and get them because tanks had been deemed by the Clinton Administration to be too "belligerent".