Restarting the Iran ping. On or off ping list.
Posted on 05/28/2007 4:02:41 PM PDT by freedom44
Though he said Memorial Day shouldn't be politicized, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama used a visit to a war monument Monday to repeat his call for better services for veterans.
Obama, campaigning in the first-in-the-nation primary state with his wife and daughters, laid a wreath at a war monument before attending a town hall-style meeting.
"This is a day on which we reflect on those who have fallen and reflect on the sacrifices they have made for all of us," Obama said, talking with reporters after the brief ceremony. "This is a great day to think about what we're doing on behalf of our veterans, and what we're not doing on behalf of our veterans."
Obama also responded to news that the American ambassador to Iraq had held extensive talks with his Iranian counterpart Monday to discuss Iraq's future.
"I have to give the administration credit, which I rarely do," Obama said, adding that he wants President Bush to push more diplomacy in the region.
"Not because I trust the Iranians, but because I think they have a self-interest. They don't want to see Iraq completely collapse because they're going to have millions of people pouring over their borders," he said.
Obama has made his opposition to the war in Iraq a central part of his campaign. At a town hall forum Sunday in Conway, his comments on the war prompted a standing ovation, complete with whoops and hollers.
The Illinois senator said he supports the troops, just not their mission.
"There's nobody who doesn't support the troops," Obama said. "This really is a political argument that is designed to deflect criticism of the president's policies in Iraq."
At least he visited some memorials, unlike our Speaker, she left the country...On another vein, B.O. said he supported the troops just not the mission..
No worries, Iran can just declare amnesty for them. That seems to be our solution.
Oh, for crying out loud ... did you read the remarks of the Iranian guy they sent over? I’d post the Yahoo! AP account of it but I get furious just selecting the text to copy. If anyone in America takes credit for that farce they deserve to be dropped down a well or something. What a complete and utter joke. Yet the striped-pants set gets um, excited, that they are “talking.” Unbelievable. Need the Diplomad’s perspective on this ... too bad they went offline. S/he was great when giving insider reporting on the Tsunami relief.
Bush (channeling W.C. Fields) to Obama: “Go away little person .... you’re bothering me!”
Yeah, we can count on our best buddy Iran to look after our interests in Iraq. This is the dumbest move I’ve heard of—it smacks of desperation and surrender. The only things the Iranians want is a puppet Islamic republic in Iraq (run by Mookie no doubt). It is wishful thinking from those in the State Dept (aka, Wonderland).
Bush is a sucker for going along with something he probably knows is wrong. However Obama is a bigger idiot because he no doubt believes it the right thing to do.
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