Obama Explains Why He Didn’t Visit The Troops In Germany
But for me, the “vising the troops” issue isn’t the most important one discussed in this clip. The interesting question is Obama being asked if he’s seen anything in Iraq that has made him second-guess his policies.
Obama, basically, says no.
What’s astonishing about Obama’s answer is that even the Associated Press is today declaring victory in Iraq.
The tide is turning on Iraq, both in terms of mission objectives accomplished in the war and public opinion, and the incessantly defeatist Democrats are left with only two options on the issue: Continue their incessant defeatism and look like out-of-touch blowhards, or admit that Iraq has become and success and look like out-of-touch blowhards who have been wrong for the last five years but are finally getting a grip on reality.
Certainly the Democrats, who have made opposing the war in Iraq and calling Bush and Republicans fools for invading the country a central part of their national political strategy for years now, have no room to do a “180” on the issue now.
