I’m double posting because I meant to do this for all.
From the article at your link:
I emphasized to him how encouraged I was by the reductions in violence in Iraq, but also insisted that it is important for us to begin the process of withdrawing U.S. troops, making clear that we have no interest in permanent bases in Iraq, the senator said. I gave him an assurance that should we be elected, an Obama administration will make sure that we continue with the progress thats been made in Iraq, that we wont act precipitously, but that we will move to end U.S. combat forces in Iraq in a manner thats as careful as we were careless getting in.
So he is saying to the Iraqi government We are not interested in permanent bases. By his own admission, he is bargaining with governments in a war!?!?! Did he truly think his path was paved straight to the White House?
FROM OBAMA’S OWN LIPS ADMITTING THIS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR:
Please note the last sentence.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/16/1146329.aspx
He said he told Zebari that negotiations for a Status of Forces agreement or strategic framework agreement between the two countries should be done in the open and with Congress’s authorization and that it was important that that there be strong bipartisan support for any agreement so that it can be sustained through a future administration. He argued it would make sense to hold off on such negotiations until the next administration.