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Iraqi Official:  Obama Believes This is Bush's War & Must End in Lack of Success If Not Actual Defeat
Iraqi Official: Obama Believes This is Bush's War & Must End in Lack of Success If Not Actual Defeat
According to noted Middle East authority Amir Taheri the Iraqi officials were not very impressed with the antiwar Illinois senator and say Obama's analysis is "way off the mark." The US soldiers stationed in Iraq don't look so thrilled to be sitting the the antiwar senator who still cannot admit the surge was a great success despite the incontrovertible evidence . Democratic presidential ...
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The Morning Scramble - 7/29/2008
No Runny Eggs — ... Jim Hoft found some Iraqi officials who highly-doubt Obama’s committment to victory in Iraq. The money quote (from an unnamed Iraqi official) - “As far as he is concerned, this is Bush’s war and must end in lack of success, if not actual defeat.” ...

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Maggie's Farm — ... ll? This could be interesting. Ten best small cities in the USA. Kim du Toit plans his blog retirement. I don't get my website pension until I'm 75 - or 80. I forget. "Just tell me one thing Barack Obama has done that you admire."  RCP. Easy to answer: he gave me hope for a pony. I like ponies. Victims of lenders. Ankle-Biting. Hey, could you lend me five bucks? Thanks. I'm a victim! I'm a victim! From Gateway: Iraqis were most surprised by Obama's apparent readiness to throw ...

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blogs.abcnews.com 7/29/2008 — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on January 10 2007 predicted (watch HERE) that the surge of troops in Iraq would fail. "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there," he told...