Senator says Bush needs to depoliticize Iraq debate

Yahoo/Reuters ^ | 11/22/2005 | Reuters

[1066AD]

Senator says Bush needs to depoliticize Iraq debate President George W. Bush should take politics out of the Iraq war by admitting he made mistakes and pledging to work with both parties to find a responsible way to end it, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois said on Tuesday.

By turning the discussion of the war into a for-us or against-us proposition, the White House last week "showed exactly what kind of debate it wants on the future of Iraq -- none," Obama said in a speech to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

Obama, the only black in the Senate, said Bush "could take the politics out of Iraq once and for all" if he would tell the American people: "'Yes, we made mistakes. Yes. there are things I would have done differently. But ... I am willing to work with both Republicans and Democrats to find the most responsible way out."'

The administration's response last week to Democratic Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record)'s call for an immediate troop withdrawal was "shameful," Obama said, and pushed the debate farther from finding a pragmatic solution to the conflict.

"No American wants a war without end -- a war where our goals and strategies drift aimlessly regardless of the cost in lives or dollars spent and where we end up with arbitrary poll-driven troop reductions ...," he said.

[1066AD]

The White House finally responds to weeks if not months of abuse and now it'sthe poisonous atmosphere is all their fault ? Obama, look to your own party.

[satchmodog9]

So Osama Obama says Bush should go on the tube and admit he was wrong. Osama Obama is playing the politics here. Jag.

[nralife]

"Senator says Bush needs to depoliticize Iraq debate President George W. Bush should take politics out of the Iraq war by admitting he made mistakes and pledging to work with both parties to find a responsible way to end it, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois said on Tuesday."



Pandering to the base... yep, he is running to higher office.

[digger48]

Obama, look to your own party.

Democrats don't have mirrors.

[EBH]

I didn't even finish reading the headline! You owe me a new keyboard...ugh!

[rhombus]

How does it feel to parrot the party line Obama. It takes more than that to be President.

[my4kidsdad]

Sometimes (mostly when Durbin and Osama Obama open their traps) I wish I didn't live in Illinois.

[Radix]

Democrats want the president to depoliticize the war now?

Yeah right, politicizing the war was Bush's fault.

[La Enchiladita]

Osama Obama Oblabla

[M1Tanker]

What strange world to the Democrats live on and how much drugs did they use to get there?

Amazing. Watching the left at work is like a live version of Catch 22. Projectionism is bad enough, but this is shear insanity.

[RatRipper]

Wake up America. Obama just insulted your intelligence.

[xcamel]

...vampires don't have reflections

[Howlin]

Obama, the only black in the Senate, said Bush "could take the politics out of Iraq once and for all" if he would tell the American people: "'Yes, we made mistakes. Yes. there are things I would have done differently. But ... I am willing to work with both Republicans and Democrats to find the most responsible way out."'

That's a lie; NOTHING Bush could or would EVER say will EVER be enough for them. Ever.

[SF Republican]

Actually with the all volunteer military there is an overload of conservatives; maybe we should send the democratic leadership to Iraq.

[i_dont_chat]

What a message this would carry to our enemy:

Obama, the only black in the Senate, said Bush "could take the politics out of Iraq once and for all" if he would tell the American people: "'Yes, we made mistakes. Yes. there are things I would have done differently. But ... I am willing to work with both Republicans and Democrats to find the most responsible way out."'

Do the dems even understand what it means to be at WAR?

This is what I want our enemy to understand: We will not quit short of complete victory. Period. End of sentence.

[rushmom]

If President Bush would just let the liberals run everything, it could all be pleasent.

[dc-zoo]

Murtha said on the floor of the House "the war needs to be won politically not militarily".

[Burlem]

I am so very sick of the liberals blaming the president. Hell he was not even home and they were slandering him, the libs remind me of the school bullies who would start a fight, when it got going with folks taking sides they backed off and played innocent

[cdrw]

What planet does this blablabla guy live on?

[savedbygrace]

By turning the discussion of the war into a for-us or against-us proposition, the White House last week "showed exactly what kind of debate it wants on the future of Iraq -- none," Obama said in a speech to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

Did Obama only start paying attention last week? President Bush has held that position since shortly after the 9/11 attacks. At that time, many of the Dims were for us. Now, it seems they changed their minds.