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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Here is one line from Obama's recent speech on Middle Eastern policy...
"In Iraq, we see the promise of a multiethnic, multisectarian democracy. There, the Iraqi people have rejected the perils of political violence for a democratic process … Iraq is poised to play a key role in the region."
Is it me, or did Obama just admit that Bush's policies in Iraq are paying dividends in that region? Not that he would ever say it that way...but how can Obama decry the Iraq War when he is speaking at a political fundraiser, and the next day talk about the tangible benefits of that war?
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Making a statement about the current state of Iraq does not prohibit him from stating we should not have started the war in the first place. It is completely rational to say the war was a mistake and not worth the costs to our country. 10 years, 100's of billions of dollars, thousands of lives. The war was a stupid, expensive mistake for our country. However, his statement about the current state of Iraq is true. One thought does not exclude the other.
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