Obama Pretty Much Admits To Having Told Iraqis To Delay Agreement For Troop Withdrawals
Now that the McCain campaign has picked up the charge that Obama asked Iraqis to delay a deal with the Bush administration for troop withdrawals until after the election the Obama campaign has decided to hit back. I think they’re trying to deny the claim, but by my reading it seems like they’re pretty much confirming it.
PUEBLO, Colorado (AFP) — Barack Obama’s White House campaign angrily denied Monday a report that he had secretly urged the Iraqis to postpone a deal to withdraw US troops until after November’s election. . . .
...Obama’s national security spokeswoman Wendy Morigi said Taheri’s article bore “as much resemblance to the truth as a McCain campaign commercial.”
In fact, Obama had told the Iraqis that they should not rush through a “Strategic Framework Agreement” governing the future of US forces until after President George W. Bush leaves office, she said.
So McCain is lying about Obama telling Iraqis to delay the agreement until after the election, because what Obama really did was just tell them not to rush through it until after the election.
If you know the difference between those two things I’d like it explained to me.
