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Whoops, wrong example
QandO — Allahpundit nails Obama about something he said in Virgina recently. The quote: “We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies,” Obama told a crowd of supporters in Virginia. “They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.”Now anyone with the IQ of warm milk knows he’s trying to blame the Iraq war for Russia feeling froggy enough to invade Georgia. But as Allah points out, that wasn’t the example the Russian Foreign ...

Sick. Obama Says US Is Just Like Russia In Invading Countries
Gateway Pundit — ...Except that Russia strips citizens of their rights and the US builds democracies-- Something that is completely lost on Obama. Anyone who does not believe Obama is a Far Left kook is blind, deaf and dumb. Obama pulls a Kos-- The US is Just Like Russia. Sick. Suddenly, Obama sounds just like his bitter soul mate. Reuters and Charles Johnson reported: Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while ...

Obama Again Bashes America
JammieWearingFool — If you need another example of why Barack Obama is unqualified to be president, look no further . If he's too stupid to understand the difference between what we did in deposing Saddam Hussein and the brutal rape of Georgia perpetrated by the Russians, then he's beyond hope. Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United States, he said, should set a better example on that front, too . The Illinois senator’s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well ...

Obama: We should probably stop setting examples for Russian aggression
Hot Air » Top Picks — Obama: We should probably stop setting examples for Russian aggression posted at 12:58 pm on August 21, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Link via Karl , who wonders what Obama could possibly mean here after his stirring testament at Saddleback to what a “real bad person” Saddam Hussein was. The Illinois senator’s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well known. But this was the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has made a comparison between the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Russia’s ...

Obama: We're Not Setting a Good Example for Russia
Little Green Footballs — ... Barack Obama’s naïve, almost schoolyard-level attitude toward international politics is on display again today, as he says the US needs to set a better example for Russia: Obama: Russia, U.S. should not ‘charge into’ other countries. ...

Has the Gaffe Machine Gone Too Far?
Power Line — Barack Obama without a teleprompter is an accident waiting to happen. Sometimes he reveals his ignorance of history, sometimes he stumbles incoherently, and sometimes he blurts out what he really believes. That's what happened today when Obama tried to talk about Georgia, a topic that has embarrassed him more than once already, beginning when, in the first hours after the invasion, he parroted the Russian line. Today Obama equated Russia's invasion of Georgia with our toppling of Saddam Hussein: Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another ...

Obama shows true colors again: Criticizes Russian Invasion by Blaming... America
The Discerning Texan — ... Barack Obama’s naïve, almost schoolyard-level attitude toward international politics is on display again today, as he says the US needs to set a better example for Russia: Obama: Russia, U.S. should not ‘charge into’ other countries. ...

Obama shows true colors again: Criticizes Russian Invasion by Blaming... America
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... Barack Obama’s naïve, almost schoolyard-level attitude toward international politics is on display again today, as he says the US needs to set a better example for Russia: Obama: Russia, U.S. should not ‘charge into’ other countries. ...

The Hussein Gaffe Machine Keeps On Churning: Russia, U.S. Should Not ‘Charge Into’ Other Countries
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... from Iraq over 16 months, while John McCain, his Republican rival for president, opposes a timeline and says U.S. forces must stay to finish and win the war. McCain, an Arizona senator, sought to highlight his foreign policy credentials during the Russia-Georgia crisis last week, giving a series of harsh statements directed at Moscow soon after the conflict began. Obama, who was on vacation in Hawaii, followed suit with statements that became sharper over time. (Reuters Blog) Clueless …

Obama's moral equivalence
Betsy's Page — Friday, August 22, 2008 Obama's moral equivalence Barack Obama seems to be drawing a parallel between our invasion of Iraq and Russia's invasion of Georgia. Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United States, he said, should set a better example on that front, too. The Illinois senator’s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well known. But this was the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has made a comparison between the U.S. ...

Obama: Hey, You Know Who Is A Lot Like Russia? Us.
The Sundries Shack — ... So it is with Barack Obama who earlier this week couldn’t condemn Russia for its invasion of a sovereign and free Georgia without blaming America for at least part of it. ...

Obama - Communist China Infrastructure Is Vastly Superior To America
Flopping Aces — ... Just one more example of what a empty suit this guy is. Once the teleprompter goes off he becomes a blathering idiot. The remark above? No teleprompter. The remark below….no teleprompter: ...

Dick Morris: ‘We Went Into Iraq At The Invitation Of The Government, Not As An Invasion’
Think Progress — ... To back up this claim, Morris asserted that Obama made a major mistake this week when he referenced the U.S.’s invasion of Iraq in the context of discussing Russia’s incursion into Georgia. Obama said, “We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies. They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.” Asked by Alan Colmes what is wrong with Obama’s statement, Morris explained: ...

Jacob Weisberg: The Only Reason Obama Will Lose is Racism
Wizbang — ... like nomads looking for work, so they're reluctant to make a man who is inexperienced managing a budget and setting economic policy, and who wants to institute an economic nightmare called socialized medicine president of the United States. Maybe it's because they remember the cold war with the Soviet Union and how Nikita Khrushchev threatened to bury us and who insisted our children would grow up speaking Russian, so when they see Obama react with nonchalance and even go so far to blame the US when Russia's tanks rolled into sovereign Georgia, they are reluctant to put him ...

Carol Platt Liebau: The Left's Moral Equivalence
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... even by the Chinese. What's more, Barack Obama apparently sees America's liberation of Iraq as morally equivalent to Russia's invasion of Georgia . Somehow, he's able to ignore the fact that 25 million Iraqis no longer live under ...

Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong
Stubborn Facts — ... Read the whole thing, as it's much too lengthy to properly excerpt. Let me also add that this, among other reasons is why Obama's recent gaffe is so frustrating. I know it's his week and all, but I have to call 'em as I see 'em. ...

The Case for Barack Obama (Or At Least, Why I'm Voting For Him)
Stubborn Facts — ... On the Russia-Georgia conflict, overall I thought Obama handled himself fairly well, with the exception of one pernicious gaffe, which fortunately he has not repeated. ...