OBAMA- TREASON!!!!

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OBAMA- TREASON!!!!
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Sat, 09-20-2008 - 1:08am

 


NEW YORK POST


OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS' IRAQ WITHDRAWAL

 




September 16, 2008


WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.


According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.


"He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington," Zebari said in an interview.


Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops - and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its "state of weakness and political confusion."


"However, as an Iraqi, I prefer to have a security agreement that regulates the activities of foreign troops, rather than keeping the matter open." Zebari says.


Though Obama claims the US presence is "illegal," he suddenly remembered that Americans troops were in Iraq within the legal framework of a UN mandate. His advice was that, rather than reach an accord with the "weakened Bush administration," Iraq should seek an extension of the UN mandate.


While in Iraq, Obama also tried to persuade the US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, to suggest a "realistic withdrawal date." They declined.


Obama has made many contradictory statements with regard to Iraq. His latest position is that US combat troops should be out by 2010. Yet his effort to delay an agreement would make that withdrawal deadline impossible to meet.


Supposing he wins, Obama's administration wouldn't be fully operational before February - and naming a new ambassador to Baghdad and forming a new negotiation team might take longer still.


By then, Iraq will be in the throes of its own campaign season. Judging by the past two elections, forming a new coalition government may then take three months. So the Iraqi negotiating team might not be in place until next June.


Then, judging by how long the current talks have taken, restarting the process from scratch would leave the two sides needing at least six months to come up with a draft accord. That puts us at May 2010 for when the draft might be submitted to the Iraqi parliament - which might well need another six months to pass it into law.


http://www.nypost.com/seven/09152008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_tried_to_stall_gis_iraq_withdrawal_129150.htm_129150.htm


 


How can you Obama supporters justify this?  What a stinking slimy snake in the grass!  He's been running his whole campaign on 'get the troops out now!  Trying to postpone the war to furthur his own selfish political ambitions!!


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Registered: 09-18-2008
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 1:23pm

Obama wants to delay negotiations until after the election because the Bush Administration is trying, yet again, to bypass Congress and subvert the Constitution with its current negotiations . . .


http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840274,00.html?xid=rss-nation

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Registered: 07-03-2008
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 1:27pm
No, it's not acceptable, but Bush Sr, who would become Reagan's Vice Prez, negotiated to have the hostages released the day Reagan got inagurated. Remember Iran/Contra?
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Registered: 10-01-2004
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 3:47pm
Obama's behavior is despicable.
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Registered: 09-18-2008
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 5:24pm

The entire Iraq war has been waged, staged

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