Posted on 12/27/2007 10:17:54 PM PST by tlb
DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — In comments to reporters after Barack Obama's first speech Thursday, his chief strategist David Axelrod seemed to link Hillary Clinton’s vote on Iraq and the death of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister.
"Barack Obama had the judgment to oppose the war in Iraq. And he warned at the time that it would divert us from Afghanistan and Al Qaeda, and now we see the effect of that,” said Axelrod.
“Al Qaeda is resurgent. They’re a powerful force now in Pakistan….There’s a suspicion they may have been involved in this. I think his judgment was good. Sen. Clinton made a different judgment. Let’s have that discussion.”
Axelrod was responding to reporters' questions whether Bhutto's assassination enhances claims that Clinton's foreign policy experience may make her more fit to serve as commander-in-chief.
“I mean, she was a strong supporter of the war in Iraq, which we would submit is one of the reasons why we were diverted from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Al Qaeda who may have been players in this event today. So that’s a judgment she’ll have to defend.”
Clinton spokesman Jay Carson criticized Axelrod’s remarks. “This is a time to be focused on the tragedy of the situation, its implications for the U.S. and the world, and to be concerned for the people of Pakistan and the country's stability. No one should be politicizing this situation with baseless allegations,” he said.
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Osama Bin Laden, not the President or the Senate, is the rightful director of US foreign policy. If we do as Al-Qaeda commands us, all will be well.
So if we never went into Iraq Pakistan would be Disneyland right now?
Oh my...I never thought I’d want to defend Hillary Clinton, however...
Barack Obama, feel free to get bent you America-hating little puke.
Oh, and that goes for Axelrod, too.
Perhaps he should leave foreign policy to the grownups.
I believe you have put your own spin on Ron Paul’s message, if not even Obama’s. But Obama is an un-patriotic leftist. Ron Paul is a Constitutionalist, and is a loyal and patriotic American. He sees a greater principle of Constitutionality which no single crisis or series of crises should be allowed to destroy.
There are a few things about Ron Paul that I don’t like, but suggesting that Obama’s purposes and Paul’s purposes are the same is just not JUST nor reasonable.
CNN is being the good little lap dogs that they are for Hillary Inc.
Is Obama fit for any office? Of course not, and sooner or later, he would give Howard Wolfson some ammo, as vague and disconnected as linking Pakistan to Iraq is.
It will be interesting to see if the other drive by outlets run with this manufactured story. If they do, Hillary Inc has it in the bag. If they don’t run with this story, it means CNN are the only ones still willing to be bullied, and then urinated on by BJ and his lovely wife.
If this guy was more naive in foreign policy he’d be Ron Paul.
Why does Obama think we went into Iraq if not to draw the flies to the honey? Has Obama ever looked at a map of that region?
Obama and Paul remain on message: America must obey Osama Bin Laden.Obama isn't the only Democrat who is on that message. Paul is the only Republican who is.
Obama showed his shallowness regarding international affairs in that convoluted fumbling statement he tried to read yesterday regarding Bhutto’s assassination.
Obama demonstrated he had little understanding of world affairs. His (or his spokesperson’s) attempt to connect the Iraq War vote with this assassination is pure opportunism for political purposes.
Ron Paul is an opponent of the US Constitution, a dislaoyal American and a traitor.
He hates this country and he wants to see it destroyed.
I agree about Rep. Paul. I was in the navy for 21 years, including six months near Baghdad. I hate the fact that Paul doesn’t want to defeat the terrorists.
No, he definitely should leave foreign policy to the grownups.
And they had weddings and flew kites. Don’t forget the weddings and kites.
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