Wonder if he'll admit to the troops that now that he's elected, his Iraq policy is the same as McCains campaign position was? You know .. leave
tens of thousands of troops in country as 'advisors' for an unspecified length of time .. perhaps for decades.
50,000 troops ... perhaps for decades.
That's Obama's policy. It was McCains.
Betchya Obama doesn't admit it.
Huffington Post
The Huffington Post asked McCain, if he had been elected president, whether he would have implemented roughly the same plan that Obama intends to
carry out in Iraq.
"Oh, I'm sure," he said, "because that's what our military and civilian leadership has recommended. I can't say exactly, but certainly it seems
to me it's a viable strategy."
Anti War News
During the campaign the president spoke repeatedly of a 16 month timetable, but backed off of it almost immediately after taking office. The
current plan would spell a significant cut in ground troops in 19 months, but leaves open the question of when (or even if) the Obama Administration
ever intends to formally leave the nation.
Youtube - 2008 - McCain says he'd leave a presence of troops in Iraq for 100 years if necessary - like we have in Germany and Japan.
Obama promptly jumped on McCain for his statement.
But now Obama is doing the exact same thing.
USA Today June 11, 2008
Obama and aides say McCain has no plan to get troops out of Iraq. The Democratic National Committee included the 100-year comment in a
YouTube video posted to spotlight McCain's appearance on Today.
Obama has pledged to have all combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months, and to not build any permanent bases there. McCain and supporters
call Obama's withdrawal plan a virtual surrender of Iraq that would endanger American security in the Middle East.
So the difference between McCain and Obama on Iraq now is ..... what exactly? And the change is .... where exactly?
Will Obama tell those troops who voted for him that he is NOT holding up to his campaign pledge to bring them
ALL home within 16 months of
taking office?
Will Obama tell those troops that his position now is exactly the same as John McCains was during the campaign .. a position that Obama hammered
McCain for?
Betchya he doesn't.
) I'm not so sure how many people would have found this "funny" anyway. 
