The mainstream media is giddy that Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki "backs" Senator Obama's 16 month plan for withdrawing American troops from Iraq. This, we are told, bolsters Obama's claim to brilliance and prescience. What I'm going to say should be fairly obvious but I'll say it regardless. Would we even be talking about drastic reductions in Iraq if things weren't going so exceptionally well there?
Why are things going so well? Because the surge has undeniably succeeded in its objectives. Obama opposed the surge strategy vociferously from the beginning, even going so far as to suggest that it would make matters worse. He was wrong and now he's trying to reap the benefits of the very strategy that he was set against during the primary.
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Addendum:
From CNN
Iraqi PM Disputes Reports on Withdrawal Plan"A spokesman for al-Maliki said his remarks 'were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately.'
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the possibility of troop withdrawal was based on the continuance of security improvements, echoing statements that the White House made Friday after a meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. President Bush."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/19/almaliki.obama/
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