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Did Obama just confirm Taheri?
Hot Air » Top Picks — Did Obama just confirm Taheri? posted at 9:02 am on September 16, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Glenn Reynolds takes a close look at Barack Obama’s response to Amir Taheri and doesn’t see any daylight between them.  Yesterday, Taheri accused Obama of attempting to derail a status-of-forces agreement between the US and Iraq by telling the Iraqis to wait until after the American elections and stop negotiating with the Bush administration.  Obama responded by essentially confirming Taheri’s account: In the New York ...

Obama Confirms: Yes, I Did Try To Undermine US Foreign Policy. MCCAIN IS OLD!!2
The Jawa Report — September 16, 2008 Obama Confirms: Yes, I Did Try To Undermine US Foreign Policy. MCCAIN IS OLD!!2 If McCain were smart, he'd be making an even bigger deal out of this. Not only is it confirmed - by Obama - that he tried to derail the foreign policy agenda of a sitting administration, but his campaign lied about it when confronted - aggressively . HOPE (nobody's paying attention) and (I'm coming for your spare) CHANGE! By Good Lt. at September 16, 2008 08:15 AM | | l ...

H&I FIres* 16 SEP 2008
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — ... . Hubris. Or is this a new version of the non-denial denial? : As near as I can tell, Obama has confirmed Taheri's accusation. Whoa. A fascinating discussion of ...

Obama to McCain: Hey, we violated the Logan Act *completely differently* than the way you said!
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... "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. In the face of resistance from Bush, the Democrat has long said that any such agreement must be reviewed by the US Congress as it would tie a future administration's hands on Iraq. As Glenn, Ed Morrissey, and now myself are noting - there's not much difference to what ...

Barack Versus Barack On Iraq
JustOneMinute — ... which some keen observers noted did not seem to deny much: But 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. In the face of resistance from Bush, the Democrat has long said that any such agreement must be reviewed by the US Congress as it would tie a future administration's hands ...

Obama responds to Amir Taheri's article accussing Obama of attempting to derail a status-of-forces agreement between the US and Iraq
Hyscience — In other words, Obama's treasonous violation of the Logan Act. Team Obama's response (paraphrased): "I most definitely did not do what you accuse me of, I just did what you accuse me of." Make sense to you? Me neither. Sounds more like an affirmation of the charge. Related: OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS' IRAQ WITHDRAWAL ...

Does Obama's Campaign Confirm Amir Taheri's Report?
Wizbang — ... in the New York Post in which he asserts that Obama tried to get Iraqi officials to postpone the agreement for a US troop draw-down. The Obama campaign supposedly flatly denied Taheri's claims, but Glenn Reynolds , after examining the Obama campaign's response, doesn't think it's much of a denial. From the ...

No and Yes
baldilocks — ... the next breath, the campaign admits that Obama interfered where he didn’t belong. 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, [Obama's national security spokeswoman Wendy Morigi] said. If this campaign and its product aren't the perfect personification of Leftist "theology" , I don't know how much closer they could get. (Thanks to Instapundit ) PREVIOUSLY: Trippin' in Iraq

Redefining Denial
Little Green Footballs — ... a confirmation of Taheri’s article. 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. (Hat tip: Instapundit.) Also see: Pajamas Media: Obama’s Questionable Diplomacy in ...

Obama Spokeswoman Offers Non-Denial on LoganGate
Ace of Spades HQ — Obama Spokeswoman Offers Non-Denial on LoganGate Everyone seems agreed, mostly, that Obama deliberately interfered with the constitutional exercise of the president's treaty-negotiating power. Posted by: Ace at ...

The Freshman's Arrogance
Confederate Yankee — ... to push the Post for a correction or retraction of Taheri's charges, and observers quickly noted the campaign's response seemed to confirm the story. Taheri's response in today's New York Post gives the Obama campaign both barrels, first stating that if there was any confusion about the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), the confusion came on the part of the Obama campaign, as the documents are closely intertwined. Tom Maguire notes the campaign's apparent confusion in ...

'No, I Didn't Interfere With That Agreement, I Interfered With a Different One'
Hyscience — ... So, while caution is certainly in order, what does indeed appear likely is that Obama violated the Logan Act. As Hugh Hewitt wrote yesterday, there's not a lot of daylight between what Taheri said and the Obama campaign's response. This, juxtaposed to the fact that the response essentially verifies Taheri's charges, appears on the surface to provide sufficient substance that it needs to be looked into by DOJ and should indeed become a campaign issue. This story deserves the attention of the American people.. ...

What Is CNN?
Discriminations — ... only accomplishment in the Senate is completing the second volume of his autobiography, the most recent step on his apparently never-ending quest to construct an identity; because he opposes the bedrock principle of treating all Americans “without regard” to their race, ethnicity, or gender, favoring instead preferential treatment of his own group; because of a belief that his higher taxes will hurt the economy; because of a sense that he’s all talk; or, as has just been revealed, because he has attempted to delay the withdrawal of American ...

The Obama in Iraq Scandal Continues to Grow: When Will the Investigation Begin?
Stop The ACLU — ... and admit his blatant Logan Act violation and remove himself from any and all political office holding anywhere within the United States and her territories and possessions. Period. Perhaps he would be more at home in a socialist environment in which he feels is the best for mankind.We already know and have seen and witnessed the Czarbie Camp admit to the Logan Act violation in the process of trying to refute the allegations. Hot Air has a blurb on this but the story keeps growing and growing . Let’s take a look shall we?In my original piece, I placed a quote ...