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Further confirmation that Iraqi P.M. Maliki prefers Obama’s plan

Posted by Max on Jul 21 | 3 Comments

Despite Iraqi P.M. Maliki’s efforts to distance himself from his statements after a call from the White House, the New York Times confirmed the original analysis - that he endorses Obama’s plan for withdrawal:
From the Times:
But the interpreter for the interview works for Mr. Maliki’s office, not the magazine. And in an audio recording of [...]

Obama is in Iraq, but McCain is left with the gaffe

Posted by Max on Jul 21 | 9 Comments

What is it with John McCain and geography?
The Sunday shows were all abuzz with talk of the substantial political risk that Obama faces while in Iraq this week, were he to make some kind of foreign policy blunder. Has hasn’t.
McCain, on the other hand, was on Good Morning America this morning talking about [...]

Marketing a Myth: How John McCain Actually Got The Surge Wrong

Posted by Max on Jul 14 | 10 Comments

By Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)
To hear John McCain tell it, you’d think the fall-off in American casualties in Iraq is due solely to his foresight and foreign policy experience. It’s amazing to me just how many people have bought the McCain line, even those who should know better. “As we now [...]

Sen. Jim Webb on the new GI Bill

Posted by Max on Jul 7 | 1 Comment

Obama supporter and veteran Jim Webb talks with Keith Olbermann about the new GI Bill that McCain tried to stop, but now is trying to take credit for passing:

Defending Wes Clark

Posted by Max on Jun 30 | 15 Comments

By Lt. General Robert G. Gard - Steering Committee Chairman, Veterans for Obama
The controversy over my colleague General Wesley Clark’s comments on John McCain have generated a lot of media comment, much of it negative. I have known General Clark for many years: we served in the same Army and for the same country. He’s [...]

Veterans Speak Out to Defend General Clark

Posted by Max on Jun 30 | 6 Comments

Jon Soltz, Huffington Post: Right On, General Clark. Do Not Back Down.
Boy, talk about your echo chamber in the media. Yesterday, General Wesley Clark went on CBS’ Face the Nation, and repeated something he’s said many times before. If you missed it, here’s the full quote in context :
Bob Schieffer: Well you, you went so [...]

Gen. Wesley Clark: Barack Obama vs. John McCain

Posted by Max on Jun 26 | 2 Comments

This year, we’re facing the most important election in a generation. As Americans, we must ask ourselves which candidate will bring about the change our country so desperately needs. In my opinion, Barack Obama is the only candidate with the judgment to move our country forward.
The disastrous consequences of George W. Bush’s poor judgment [...]

McCain Talking Himself into Knots over WWIII and the Draft

Posted by Max on Jun 26 | 2 Comments

From VetVoice.com
By Brandon Friedman
John McCain says that it would take an “all-out World War III” before he’d call to reinstate the draft. As it turns out, however, McCain suggested two years ago that we were, indeed, already in World War III.
McCain yesterday:
John McCain was asked by a mother of two sons if he [...]

Obama Seeks out the Wise Old Men (and Women) of Foreign Policy

Posted by Max on Jun 23 | 1 Comment

(Washington Post, 6/18/08)
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Interviewed in April about his role advising Barack Obama on foreign policy, former national security adviser Anthony Lake said, “I’m one of the few bald heads.”
“Most of the folks we brought in are in their 40s. They had some experience in the Clinton administration, but I think they are the [...]

Obama to visit Iraq, says he’s firm on troop withdrawal plans

Posted by Max on Jun 18 | 2 Comments

(CNN) — While Sen. Barack Obama says he’ll visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the election, he’s staying consistent with his plans to start withdrawing U.S. troops almost immediately should he become president.
Obama says the need to withdraw troops is twofold:
“One is to spur more action out of the Iraqis. … But the second reason [...]