Big Media Hectors Obama on ‘Surge’

By Robert Parry

For six years, with few exceptions, the Washington press corps has been cheerleading for the Iraq War – and the pattern is continuing in Campaign 2008 with the endless demands that Barack Obama apologize for not supporting the troop "surge." On Sunday's "Meet the Press," NBC's Tom [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    Obama was probably right on the likely ineffectiveness of “The Surge.”  By the time Bush got around to canning Rumsfeld and sending an additional 21,000 troops to restore order the 20+million Iraqis were in total disarray.

    CENTCOM had three scenarios planned over a ten year period regarding Iraq.
    1. No US troops

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Jul 31, 2008 at 5:42 AM

    Interesting Obama article in the New Yorker with the controversial cover of Michelle and Barack.

    This guy is just another typical politician with a great sense of how to seize the moment

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Aug 4, 2008 at 6:43 AM
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