Obama On Iraq

As more and more confirmation comes forward that Senator Obama tried to secretly prolong the Iraq War for his own political benefit, a group called Vets for Freedom has put out a political ad demanding that Democrats admit President Bush’s Surge worked.

There can be no doubt that the Democratic Party has opposed the war in Iraq since before it started. It was the core of Governor Dean’s 2002 failed Presidential attempt. It was the core of a dozen Democrats who ran for President in 2003 immediately after the invasion started. It was the defining issue of the 2004 election. It was the lie of the 2006 midterms that put Democrats in power. Some Democrats even admit it now.

What’s amazing is that the American people-who have been promised again, and again, and again, and again, and again that if they voted for Democrats, then Democrats would end (not win, but “end”) the war in Iraq by “redeployment” (not retreat?). Since millions of Americans still believe the Democratic Party lies that they will magically make everything better in Iraq (while deliberately, secretly, covertly, and overtly undermining efforts to succeed there)…one cannot reasonably wonder why it is that they opposed efforts to bring peace in Iraq (the Surge), and why they refuse to admit that they were wrong to oppose the effort to succeed (oppose the Surge). To admit such a thing would be to admit that they’ve deliberately misled and lied to the American people, and that would not be politically enabling just 48 days from a national election.

Apparently, Democratic Party leaders do not believe these people…