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Obama-Biden Reservations Confirmed [The story about Obama negotiating with the Iraqis was true]
The American Spectator ^

Posted on 09/16/2008 9:57:54 PM PDT by flyfree

The Obama campaign spent more than five hours on Monday attempting to figure out the best refutation of the explosive New York Post report that quoted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari as saying that Barack Obama during his July visit to Baghdad demanded that Iraq not negotiate with the Bush Administration on the withdrawal of American troops. Instead, he asked that they delay such negotiations until after the presidential handover at the end of January.

The three problems, according to campaign sources: The report was true, there were at least three other people in the room with Obama and Zebari to confirm the conversation, and there was concern that there were enough aggressive reporters based in Baghdad with the sources to confirm the conversation that to deny the comments would create a bigger problem.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; electionpresident; elections; foreignpolicy; oba; obama; obamabiden; obamasbigadventure; obamatruthfile; obamavisit; troopwithdrawal; zebari
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1 posted on 09/16/2008 9:57:55 PM PDT by flyfree
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To: flyfree
"Obama-Biden" = "Ear-Plugs"

Sorry, just got off the range.

5.56mm

2 posted on 09/16/2008 10:01:33 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: flyfree; neverdem; nutmeg

BTTT


3 posted on 09/16/2008 10:03:55 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: flyfree

Time for a special prosecutor to be selected to investigate Hussein 0bama’s crimes.


4 posted on 09/16/2008 10:06:30 PM PDT by Post Toasties (It's not a smear if it's true.)
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To: flyfree
*bink-bink*

We got us a LIVE one here my friends.... This NEEDS to be a HOT topic of the day along with McCain trying to reform Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac BEFORE it could just crenel the rest of the market. Well, now the crenelling has begun, and its about to get real bad.

5 posted on 09/16/2008 10:06:49 PM PDT by Danae (Read my Lipstick: I AM Sarah Palin)
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To: flyfree

Time for a DoJ special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate Hussein 0bama’s crimes. And Biden’s potential complicity, for that matter.


6 posted on 09/16/2008 10:10:56 PM PDT by Post Toasties (It's not a smear if it's true.)
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To: flyfree
Barack Obama...demanded that Iraq not negotiate...
Oh yea, that was back when he was already prematurely president.
7 posted on 09/16/2008 10:13:16 PM PDT by Syncro (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: flyfree

PLEASE put this in BREAKING so that this story finally goes somewhere!!!


8 posted on 09/16/2008 10:14:10 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Yo Barry, IF FOR 20 YEARS YOU STAY IN THE PEW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE VIEW!!!!!)
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To: flyfree
"He's working twice as hard on this, because the stakes and the rewards are so much higher."

That quote from the article from one of the staffers on Biden's debate prep really stuck out to me.
9 posted on 09/16/2008 10:15:32 PM PDT by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi)
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To: Jet Jaguar

ping


10 posted on 09/16/2008 10:15:39 PM PDT by altura
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To: flyfree

bkmark


11 posted on 09/16/2008 10:15:45 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: Admin Moderator

BREAKING please. This story NEEDS to be broken.


12 posted on 09/16/2008 10:16:10 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Yo Barry, IF FOR 20 YEARS YOU STAY IN THE PEW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE VIEW!!!!!)
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To: Anti-Hillary; flyfree; bruinbirdman; RedRover; jazusamo; smoothsailing; snippy_about_it

13 posted on 09/16/2008 10:17:11 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: flyfree

Send the Kenyan back to Illinois. Or better yet, a Federal penitentiary.


14 posted on 09/16/2008 10:17:42 PM PDT by Post Toasties (It's not a smear if it's true.)
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To: flyfree

Interesting read.

BTTT


15 posted on 09/16/2008 10:20:28 PM PDT by new cruelty (I don't want my daughters punished with obama.)
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To: flyfree

Will I have to wait 24 business hours to see him frog-marched?


16 posted on 09/16/2008 10:21:22 PM PDT by Shelayne (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: flyfree

I expect the major news outlets to cover this story sometime on November 6th probably on the fifth page half way down in the classified section.


17 posted on 09/16/2008 10:26:20 PM PDT by Tempest (The devil and the media have sided with Obama)
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To: flyfree

Calling a 4 star general and a member of a foreign nation ( of which we are guests in their country) a liar is not a good way to build rapport.


18 posted on 09/16/2008 10:26:56 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: flyfree

Obama- Hollywood Rockstar- is more arrogant than Clinton, Gore, Kerry , Edwards and Biden put together...and extremely dangerous!

God save America.
God bless America.


19 posted on 09/16/2008 10:30:55 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: Danae
About the time Obama decides to craft his own Presidential seal, he's in Iraq attempting to undermine legitimate U.S. foreign policy! Absolutely, this needs to be a HOT topic.

I saw Dan Senior on “FOX and Friends” talking about this story several days ago. The hosts were asking if the Iraqi minister was a reliable source. Mr. Senior's reply, “Absolutely. He's a stand up guy.” I believe this story, too. Obama’s hubris was at its height, if you recall. He was, and IS, more than capable of “demanding” such a thing!

20 posted on 09/16/2008 10:31:58 PM PDT by singfreedom
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To: flyfree

Nothing to see here. A pregnant teenager is news, treason is not.


21 posted on 09/16/2008 10:35:34 PM PDT by Mojave
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To: Tempest

Anyone know any addresses where this story can be forwarded? We need to make sure this story isn’t buried per usual by our media.


22 posted on 09/16/2008 10:41:09 PM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
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To: flyfree

Send the Kenyan back to Illinois. Or better yet, a Federal penitentiary.


23 posted on 09/16/2008 10:42:06 PM PDT by Post Toasties (It's not a smear if it's true.)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

take a look at my user profile


24 posted on 09/16/2008 10:43:10 PM PDT by Tempest (The devil and the media have sided with Obama)
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To: flyfree

This is just a taste of how the foreign leaders 0bama is so eager to negotiate with sans preconditions will turn on him in a heartbeat. This ingenue thinks blatant treason will earn him the respect and ongoing loyalty of our enemies. Barry, you knew Zebari was a snake when you picked him up. Or did you?


25 posted on 09/16/2008 10:43:41 PM PDT by informavoracious (The Other Guy Blinked)
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To: flyfree

Treasonous in my book.

A 527 needs to put a hard-hitting ad out on there on this subject!


26 posted on 09/16/2008 10:48:47 PM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: informavoracious
Are you saying Mr. Zabari is so dishonest that he was just lying to start trouble for Obama?
27 posted on 09/16/2008 10:49:27 PM PDT by singfreedom
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To: informavoracious

The Iraqi leaders don’t like Biden at all, and are now skeptical of Obama since he picked Biden as a running mate.


28 posted on 09/16/2008 10:51:53 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: singfreedom

Zabari is usually pretty reliable.


29 posted on 09/16/2008 10:52:21 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: Tempest

For that list alone you go down in my extremely valuable poster list.

Thanks!


30 posted on 09/16/2008 10:53:11 PM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
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To: flyfree
ya know... if my friends are kept in harms way longer due to this bozo... and get hurt or worse... i'm gonna have a sacred cow

i can sight numerous examples in the last couple of years where the dems have gladly put Americans in harm's way for possible political gain.

personally, i see this as (borderline) treasonous

31 posted on 09/16/2008 10:56:31 PM PDT by sten
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To: Anti-Hillary

The NY Post story from the 15th, which this article references, and was first posted here on that date:

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Obama Tried to Stall GIS’ Iraq Withdrawal

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082538/posts

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It IS in breaking. Look.

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It’s confirmed by the Iraqi Foreign Minister:

“According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

“He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” Zebari said in an interview.”

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What is treason, if not this?


32 posted on 09/16/2008 11:00:06 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: PhilDragoo

WOW! LOL!


33 posted on 09/16/2008 11:01:43 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: sten

Let your friends know what he is up to.


34 posted on 09/16/2008 11:02:52 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: informavoracious
Barry, you knew Zebari was a snake when you picked him up.

No, I think Zebari knew Obama was a snake when he showed up there and starting sticking his nose where it didn't belong.

35 posted on 09/16/2008 11:03:29 PM PDT by 1035rep (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Tempest

That’s amazing.


36 posted on 09/16/2008 11:11:33 PM PDT by Gator113 (Drill here, drill now...... or die.)
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To: flyfree

If true...this could be big...


37 posted on 09/16/2008 11:16:19 PM PDT by jerry557
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To: publana

pingarooni!


38 posted on 09/16/2008 11:16:19 PM PDT by publana (Go McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

This story has been out for several days and so far the media hasn’t reported it. Its just gotten crazy how they absolutely refuse to cover anything on Obama. Its deliberate, no doubt about it. I kind of thought some news people who I have so far respected would cover this, like Brit Hume or Shawn Hannity. I think they have been muzzled.


39 posted on 09/16/2008 11:24:09 PM PDT by beckysueb (Drill here! Drill now!)
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To: Shelayne

24 Business Hours!

Damn, that was hilarious. Their story changed faster then Obama’s stance on issues.


40 posted on 09/16/2008 11:24:55 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield ("Obama Girl" will soon need consoling. I'll take one for the team & volunteer.)
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To: flyfree
Senator Obama, what did we learn?

"Uh, uh, muh,, uh uh, Iraqis.. uh.. uh.. can't, uh, keep secrets?"

CORRECT!

Culture lesson of the Day: Never, ever tell an Iraqi in a position of power anything you don't want made public.

Chicago politics is flag football compared to what goes on here in Baghdad. You don't walk in their house with limp wristed whining and zero credibility, and expect to scare people. President Bush has a hard enough time keeping these guys in line, and he put the last leader of Iraq in the dirt.

41 posted on 09/16/2008 11:25:57 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("We have your test results, Mr Obama. You have ...Sarahnoia. 2 months, tops, and you're a goner....")
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To: flyfree
i saw the dems spewing just before the 2006 elections as an attempt to keep iraq in turmoil, thereby denying any progress/victory for GWBush.

constantly being on the air saying how we are leaving in 2 weeks made the iraqis nervous.. just when we needed them to point out the iranians and AQ types in their towns. (you'd never help the Americans, since if you did.. and we left.. the bad guys would be back a week after we left to kill your whole family).

the dems knew everyone in the middle east was watching via satellite. they just wanted to make sure the situation didn't get better before the election.

this meant that they took action to keep our guys (my friends) in harms way longer then necessary. that has pissed me off something fierce.

oh, and don't get me started on katrina and how the Bush admin was forced to get involved so the dems would have something to blame him for. 20,000 people (that's all) deliberately left in harms way.. instead of driving them out on the 500 buses that were a mile away... all for political gain.

definitely treasonous by any definition i am aware of

42 posted on 09/16/2008 11:30:58 PM PDT by sten
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To: Jet Jaguar

thanks, bfl


43 posted on 09/16/2008 11:32:01 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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To: flyfree

Treason, pure and simple. This piece of rubbish is a TRAITOR.


44 posted on 09/16/2008 11:33:47 PM PDT by Gator113 (Drill here, drill now...... or die.)
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To: beckysueb

Email some of these people. Seriously. So few people actually do.

How many people do you think email George Will in a day, for instance? Yes, he’s a more moderate voice, but I often find I hear back from the bigger lesser-knowns.


45 posted on 09/16/2008 11:34:35 PM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
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To: beckysueb

Has Rush or any other talk show host talked about this?


46 posted on 09/16/2008 11:35:03 PM PDT by jerry557
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To: CaspersGh0sts
"Anyone know any addresses where this story can be forwarded? We need to make sure this story isn’t buried per usual by our media. "

Try this:

E-mail President Bush, link to -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/webmail

47 posted on 09/16/2008 11:35:47 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Palin/McCain 08- So let it be written, So let it be done!)
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To: Steel Wolf

Great post.


48 posted on 09/16/2008 11:36:00 PM PDT by karnage
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To: jerry557; RaceBannon; holdonnow; Doctor Raoul; kristinn
Has Rush or any other talk show host talked about this?

I heard parts of Jim Vicevich (WTIC, Hartford, CT), Rush, Hannity, Howie Carr (WRKO, Boston) and Mark Levin on Tuesday, and I didn't hear a thing about this... hope this story has legs soon...

49 posted on 09/16/2008 11:43:30 PM PDT by nutmeg (Imagine Commander-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama... appointing US Supreme Court justices)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thanks for the heads up... I’ll ping my list.


50 posted on 09/16/2008 11:43:51 PM PDT by nutmeg (Imagine Commander-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama... appointing US Supreme Court justices)
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