Barack Obama trying to delay progress in Iraq that’s inconvenient for his campaign and his stances on Iraq as an issue?

I’m shocked.

WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

“He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” Zebari said in an interview.

It would seem as though Senator Obama isn’t for what’s best for America.  He’s for what’s best for his campaign.

And aside from that, this illustrates perfectly just how inconvenient the Iraq issue has become for defeatist liberals like Obama.