Howcome, with McCain's 'full resume,' it is Obama's plan that is being followed in Iraq?
Actually, it's Bush's plan, as he's stated over and over. Bush has said all along that when conditions on the ground are met, off we'll go. Conditions are being met...we shouldn't be all that surprised.
Yeah, it's just a coincidence that "conditions are being met" right after Obama was welcomed in Iraq by the Iraqi Prime Minister saying that he agreed with Obama's timetable. Soon after that the White House decided that "conditions were now being met."
How about that.
Here's Obama's comments:
I am glad that the Administration has finally shifted to accepting a timetable for the removal of our combat troops from Iraq. Success in Iraq depends on an Iraqi government that is reconciling its differences and taking responsibility for its future, and a timetable is the best way to press the Iraqis to do just that. I welcome the growing convergence around this pragmatic and responsible position.
....Senator McCain has stubbornly focused on maintaining an indefinite U.S presence in Iraq, but events have made his bluster and record increasingly out of touch with reality. While Senator McCain continues to offer unconditional military and economic support for Iraq, I strongly believe that we need to use our leverage with the Iraqi government to ensure a political settlement. In addition to a timetable, we should only train Iraqi Security Forces if Iraq's leaders reconcile their differences, and we must insist that Iraq invests its $79 billion surplus on rebuilding its own country.
Some lead. Others follow.
