Not on the Unicorn Cart
also not MSM
It’s The NY Post… I found no mention of the story elsewhere, which is unsurprising for so many ugly reasons.
Nevertheless:
...a “learning” trip...
“He looked like a man in a hurry,” a source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said last week. “He was not interested in what we had to say.”
Still, many Iraqis liked Obama’s claim that the improved situation in Iraq owed to Iraqi efforts rather than the Gen. David Petraeus-led surge. In public and private comments, Obama tried to give the impression that the Iraqis would’ve achieved the same results even without the greater resources America has poured into the country since 2007.
In private, though, Iraqi officials admit that Obama’s analysis is “way off the mark.” Without the surge, the Sunni tribes wouldn’t have switched sides to help flush out al Qaeda. And the strong US military presence enabled the new Iraqi army to defeat Iran-backed Shiite militias in Basra and Baghdad.
Nevertheless, in public at least, no Iraqi politician wants to appear more appreciative of American sacrifices than the man who may become the next US president.
Iraqis were most surprised by Obama’s apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he’d been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. “He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,” a senior Iraqi official told me. “As far as he is concerned, this is Bush’s war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat."
No confirmation from “other sources.” But interesting. The Post has a wide readership.
...he can’t do what his antiwar base wants - declare an end to the War on Terror and the start of a period of love and peace in which “citizens of the world” build bridges between civilizations.
That’s why Obama is trying to adopt Afghanistan as “his” war.
...Obama seems to believe that only one war is possible at a time.
FWIW: Not on the Unicorn Cart
also not MSM
It’s The NY Post… I found no mention of the story elsewhere, which is unsurprising for so many ugly reasons.
Nevertheless:
...a “learning” trip...
“He looked like a man in a hurry,” a source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said last week. “He was not interested in what we had to say.”
Still, many Iraqis liked Obama’s claim that the improved situation in Iraq owed to Iraqi efforts rather than the Gen. David Petraeus-led surge. In public and private comments, Obama tried to give the impression that the Iraqis would’ve achieved the same results even without the greater resources America has poured into the country since 2007.
In private, though, Iraqi officials admit that Obama’s analysis is “way off the mark.” Without the surge, the Sunni tribes wouldn’t have switched sides to help flush out al Qaeda. And the strong US military presence enabled the new Iraqi army to defeat Iran-backed Shiite militias in Basra and Baghdad.
Nevertheless, in public at least, no Iraqi politician wants to appear more appreciative of American sacrifices than the man who may become the next US president.
Iraqis were most surprised by Obama’s apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he’d been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. “He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,” a senior Iraqi official told me. “As far as he is concerned, this is Bush’s war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat."
No confirmation from “other sources.” But interesting. The Post has a wide readership.
...he can’t do what his antiwar base wants - declare an end to the War on Terror and the start of a period of love and peace in which “citizens of the world” build bridges between civilizations.
That’s why Obama is trying to adopt Afghanistan as “his” war.
...Obama seems to believe that only one war is possible at a time.
FWIW:Not on the Unicorn Cart
also not MSM
It’s The NY Post… I found no mention of the story elsewhere, which is unsurprising for so many ugly reasons.
Nevertheless:
...a “learning” trip...
“He looked like a man in a hurry,” a source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said last week. “He was not interested in what we had to say.”
Still, many Iraqis liked Obama’s claim that the improved situation in Iraq owed to Iraqi efforts rather than the Gen. David Petraeus-led surge. In public and private comments, Obama tried to give the impression that the Iraqis would’ve achieved the same results even without the greater resources America has poured into the country since 2007.
In private, though, Iraqi officials admit that Obama’s analysis is “way off the mark.” Without the surge, the Sunni tribes wouldn’t have switched sides to help flush out al Qaeda. And the strong US military presence enabled the new Iraqi army to defeat Iran-backed Shiite militias in Basra and Baghdad.
Nevertheless, in public at least, no Iraqi politician wants to appear more appreciative of American sacrifices than the man who may become the next US president.
Iraqis were most surprised by Obama’s apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he’d been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. “He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,” a senior Iraqi official told me. “As far as he is concerned, this is Bush’s war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat."
No confirmation from “other sources.” But interesting. The Post has a wide readership.
...he can’t do what his antiwar base wants - declare an end to the War on Terror and the start of a period of love and peace in which “citizens of the world” build bridges between civilizations.
That’s why Obama is trying to adopt Afghanistan as “his” war.
...Obama seems to believe that only one war is possible at a time.
FWIWNot on the Unicorn Cart
also not MSM
It’s The NY Post… I found no mention of the story elsewhere, which is unsurprising for so many ugly reasons.
Nevertheless:
...a “learning” trip...
“He looked like a man in a hurry,” a source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said last week. “He was not interested in what we had to say.”
Still, many Iraqis liked Obama’s claim that the improved situation in Iraq owed to Iraqi efforts rather than the Gen. David Petraeus-led surge. In public and private comments, Obama tried to give the impression that the Iraqis would’ve achieved the same results even without the greater resources America has poured into the country since 2007.
In private, though, Iraqi officials admit that Obama’s analysis is “way off the mark.” Without the surge, the Sunni tribes wouldn’t have switched sides to help flush out al Qaeda. And the strong US military presence enabled the new Iraqi army to defeat Iran-backed Shiite militias in Basra and Baghdad.
Nevertheless, in public at least, no Iraqi politician wants to appear more appreciative of American sacrifices than the man who may become the next US president.
Iraqis were most surprised by Obama’s apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he’d been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. “He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,” a senior Iraqi official told me. “As far as he is concerned, this is Bush’s war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat."
No confirmation from “other sources.” But interesting. The Post has a wide readership.
...he can’t do what his antiwar base wants - declare an end to the War on Terror and the start of a period of love and peace in which “citizens of the world” build bridges between civilizations.
That’s why Obama is trying to adopt Afghanistan as “his” war.
...Obama seems to believe that only one war is possible at a time.
FWIWNot on the Unicorn Cart
also not MSM
It’s The NY Post… I found no mention of the story elsewhere, which is unsurprising for so many ugly reasons.
Nevertheless:
...a “learning” trip...
“He looked like a man in a hurry,” a source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said last week. “He was not interested in what we had to say.”
Still, many Iraqis liked Obama’s claim that the improved situation in Iraq owed to Iraqi efforts rather than the Gen. David Petraeus-led surge. In public and private comments, Obama tried to give the impression that the Iraqis would’ve achieved the same results even without the greater resources America has poured into the country since 2007.
In private, though, Iraqi officials admit that Obama’s analysis is “way off the mark.” Without the surge, the Sunni tribes wouldn’t have switched sides to help flush out al Qaeda. And the strong US military presence enabled the new Iraqi army to defeat Iran-backed Shiite militias in Basra and Baghdad.
Nevertheless, in public at least, no Iraqi politician wants to appear more appreciative of American sacrifices than the man who may become the next US president.
Iraqis were most surprised by Obama’s apparent readiness to throw away all the gains made in Iraq simply to prove that he’d been right in opposing the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. “He gave us the impression that the last thing he wanted was for Iraq to look anything like a success for the United States,” a senior Iraqi official told me. “As far as he is concerned, this is Bush’s war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat."
No confirmation from “other sources.” But interesting. The Post has a wide readership.
...he can’t do what his antiwar base wants - declare an end to the War on Terror and the start of a period of love and peace in which “citizens of the world” build bridges between civilizations.
That’s why Obama is trying to adopt Afghanistan as “his” war.
...Obama seems to believe that only one war is possible at a time.
FWIW: the analysis seems sound to me.
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