Posted on 09/15/2008 2:03:51 AM PDT by Enchante
WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.
According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.
"He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington," Zebari said in an interview.
Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops - and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its "state of weakness and political confusion."
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The Iraqis thought they were stuck with Obama. Now they see a chance to help McCain. We must force Obama to respond. If they deny it, and it turns out to be true he is toast. If they admit it, McCain can club him with this until November.
Forget it, I figured it out. It should read “GI’s.”
Who the hell is Obama to start making foreign policy with other nations?
Treason!
200 years ago he would have been hanged for this.
What the hell is happening to our country?
LMAO. If it does not involve Defeat and loss, and loss of American Face, then it isn’t a part of the Democratic Party! Dims = LOSERS
I understand your point, and while along with the others, I don't see this making any difference but to us who understand the Constitution, asking questions is covered by the Act:
§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).
This is illegal, not that anyone will pursue it, but they should. McCain/Palin, after elected should go after Obama for this as one of their fist actions against corruption in D.C.
love to see some more back-up on this story....
I don't believe that would be enough if the officials he spoke with tell us that it is true.
Maybe Hillary knew about all this and would not join the ticket....
The Democrats constantly call for bringing the troops home, but secretly seem to realize that isn’t going to happen.
Furthermore, if they truly believe that they should end the war, they’ve had over a year to do so, since retaking congress. But they don’t. This seems to indicate that they are more interested in using the issue in the November election than in actually ending the war and bringing home the troops they claim to support.
One has to wonder if that doesn’t embolden the terrorists who are over there. But, even if it doesn’t embolden them, if you accept the democrat claim that kids are dying needlessly, one would think the failure of the party controlling congress to end the war means that congress is as responsible-if not more-for the deaths of every soldier between now and January.
And now we have this news.
They are attempting to prolong the war for political purposes and risking American lives.
Scumbags.
love to see some more back-up on this story....
Thanks very much for the ping, Race. Very interesting discussion/thread. Thanks to every contributor.
Read it all BUMP!
There are still those in the MSM who are rooting for Hillary, after all! With their Torricelli-Loutenberg precedent, who knows?!
Actually, whoever the dhim candidate is will be seriously burnt toast, come November 4.
HF
Donks are above the law mostly.
3 pages on Sunday in the Times about how Sarah Palin is religious (gasp!) And NOTHING on this scandal.
McCain won't even allow his supporters to use the "H" word (pppsssst, Hussein),,,,,
while Hussein is sacrificing the troops (with them spending more time overseas just for his political ambitions) and our country to ensure his election.
This is traitorous!!
Pathetic liberals.
How about a live press conference with the Foreign Minister late October?
NO WAY!!!
The MSM will do its absolute best to 'spike' this story (kind of like the way that have ignored the Bill Ayers story).
We know that Hussein could 'give a rat's a**' about the troops anyway,,,
but this TREASONOUS action for his own politica gain is 'over the top' even by democratic party standards!!
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