March 07, 2008
Obama Team Charges 'Double Standard' on Adviser Statements | The Trail | washingtonpost.com

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/07/obama_team_charges_double_stan.html

So, I'm confused here (surprise!). In this interview, an Obama adviser basically says that Obama may not pull troops out of Iraq in 16 months. I recall, a few times, hearing him say that and being quite proud of himself for saying so (many cheers occur when he says it). In fact, I think a lot of anti-win people have flocked to him because of that.


BBC:Ok, so the 16 months is negotiable?

POWER: It's the best case scenario.

BBC: It's the best case scenario.

POWER: It is -

BBC: And of course in Iraq we've never seen best case scenario.

POWER: We have never seen best case scenario

BBC: So we needn't necessarily take it seriously at all.

POWER: What we can take seriously is that he will try to get US forces out as quickly and as responsibly as possible. And that's the best case, estimate of what it would take.

But, this is on Obama's website:

obama-16-months.jpg

That pretty much states what I've heard him say.. "I'm in office, 16 months later we're out of Iraq." Is it that now he's be back-peddling on that, since it shows he is inflexible an unadaptive, or is his website misleading and disingenuous? Or, is he really inflexible, and unadaptive?


Posted by Kevin at March 07, 2008 04:39 PM
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