In 2007 Obama Said Genocide Was Better Than Iraq Troop Surge, Now Surge Is The Model For Aghanistan

Back in 2007 Obama said the very real potential for genocide in Iraq wasn’t a good enough reason to “surge” more troops into the war and complete the mission. But now that he’s commander in chief, he’s not only had to acknowledge the success of the surge in Iraq but he actually used the surge as the model for his Afghanistan policy.

President Obama did acknowledge the success of the surge in Iraq and used some of its lessons to develop a plan in Afghanistan, the head of Central Command said Sunday.
Gen. David Petraeus, who is in charge of military operations throughout the Middle East and Central Asia — regions containing Iraq and Afghanistan — said the president asked him how troops worked to secure the population and achieve cooperation with various Iraqi factions, and held several lengthy sessions to review the principles that could be applied in Afghanistan.
During his presidential campaign, Obama frequently discussed how he strongly opposed the war in Iraq and the surge of 2007.

Of course, with the Iraq surge President Bush actually listened to his top commander and gave him the troops he requested. Obama has given General McChrystal a fraction of the troops he requested.
Regardless, after years of denigrating the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq, do you think maybe it’s time for Obama to apologize?