Dictator and Candidate agree: US must retreat from Iraq to give Iran a chance to fill the power vacuum, dominate the region, and take gasoline to $5 a gallon.
America cannot afford to withdraw immediately, said Obama, an early opponent of invading Iraq. That would create more chaos in Iraq and make it "an extraordinary hotbed of terrorist activity," he said at a meeting of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association. It would also damage America's international prestige and amount to "a slap in the face" to the troops fighting there, he said...
Democratic Senate candidate Barack Obama said Saturday he would be willing to send more soldiers to Iraq [Ed: i.e., a "surge"] if it is part of a strategy that the president and military leaders believe will stabilize the country and eventually allow America to withdraw. Proof positive that Obama is as shifty as any other politician; his charismatic calls for hope and change ring as flat as Hillary's.
"The Obama-Ahmadinejad virtual joint press conference"
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