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Barack Hoodwinks His Peeps on Iraq

By Larry Johnson on June 11, 2008 at 9:45 PM in Current Affairs

Lost the original post with the server problems. Barack insists that his judgment on Iraq was superior to Hillary’s. Oh really? Well boys and girls, here’s a grip on reality. Barack will say anything, to anyone to advance his cause. He has no ground truth or convictions. You doubt me? Ask Jeremiah Wright about his steadfast friend? You know, Uncle Jeremiah? How about Michael Pfleger? How about Jim Johnson? Hell, just listen to Barack:

A big shout out to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. He was the first, best I can determine, to expose the latest Barack hypocrisy. Ed notes:

Q: But you’ve said troops should be withdrawn (from Iraq).

A: No, no, I’ve never said troops should be withdrawn.

Really? This is what his website offers for his Iraq policy:

Bringing Our Troops Home

Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda.

And from the same page, Obama notes that he introduced legislation in January 2007 (the start of the surge) that would have removed all of our troops by March 2008. He spent most of the primaries arguing with Hillary Clinton about which of them would actually produce a complete withdrawal. MoveOn and Code Pink support Obama specifically because he would commit to a fast withdrawal of American troops from Iraq — except for an embassy guard — and Hillary had a more nuanced position regarding precipitous withdrawal.

Barack is doing back flips at a rate that will get him on the girl’s Russian gymnastic team. I know he is promising change, I just never imagined it meant he would change every position he’s ever taken.

Let’s face the fact. Barack is a world class bamboozler. Okie doke?