Posted on 09/17/2008 4:10:11 AM PDT by IrishMike
IN Monday's Post, I discussed how Barack Obama, during his July trip, had asked Iraqi leaders not to finalize an agreement vital to the future of US forces in Iraq - and how the effect of such a delay would be to postpone the departure of the US from Iraq beyond the time Obama himself calls for.
The Obama campaign has objected. While its statement says my article was "filled with distortions," the rebuttal actually centers on a technical point: the differences between two Iraqi-US accords under negotiation - the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA, to set rules governing US military personnel in Iraq) and the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA, to settle the legal basis for the US military presence in Iraq in the months and years ahead).
The Obama camp says I confused the two. It continues: "On the Status of Forces Agreement, Sen. Obama has always said he hoped that the US and Iraq would complete it - but if they did not, the option of extending the UN mandate should be considered.
"As to the Strategic Framework Agreement, Sen. Obama has consistently said that any security arrangements that outlast this administration should have the backing of the US Congress - especially given the fact that the Iraqi parliament will have the opportunity to vote on it."
If there is any confusion, it's in Obama's position - for the two agreements are interlinked: You can't have any US military presence under one agreement without having settled the other accord.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I love that illusion! It’s one of my favorites.
And we now know the source of the Zebari quote about what Obama said - it was an Arab newspaper!
“In a long interview with the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, Zebari says: “Obama asked me why, in view of the closeness of a change of administration, we were hurrying the signing of this special agreement, and why we did not wait until the coming of the new administation next year and agree on some issues and matters.”
It is crystal clear Obama was trying to make foreign policy decisions without involving the president. This is a BOMBSHELL. How do we get this story from the NY Post to the NY Times, WAPO, etc?
To get what they want, isn’t it OK for Muslims to lie?
I don’t see BO at all. Looks like Malcolm X.
Funny after all that Bush lied carp, that Obama is not even in office and he starts off by lying.
That part about Obama saying one thing in Scranton and another in San Francisco is now confirmed by Obama telling the Americans one things and the Arabs another.
Just like the Jihadi, one thing in english and another in Arabic. Obviously Barack did not sleep through all his Muslim classes in Indonesia.
They are not treating us as retard, they know most people can find thier lies on the internet. But they know their base well...
Could someone please explain to me if this entry is correct? Dr. George Logan, a prominent REPUBLICAN (in 1799?). I thought the GOP was founded in 1850.
http://law.jrank.org/pages/8357/Logan-Act.html
Congress established the Logan Act in 1799, less than one year after passage of the ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS, which authorized the arrest and deportation of ALIENS and prohibited written communication defamatory to the U.S. government. The 1799 act was named after Dr. George Logan. A prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania, Logan did not draft or introduce the legislation that bears his name, but was involved in the political climate that precipitated it.
You’re still on Troopergate? Haven’t you heard the latest scandal the 30 investigators have dug up? She was stealing pencils! These weren’t just any pencils, either. They were the mechanical kind. Yeah! Right out of the Governor’s office! Like, purse-fuls. It was weird, cuz like Accounting noticed it first. It was like, “Hey, there’s no pencils in the supply room. What’s up with that”? And, luckily there were like all these investigators, right?, from like the lower 48, and they got on it right away. Yeah. Found empty mechanical pencil boxes in her wastebaskets and stuff. They took the opportunity to do a thorough search of her office since she’s away doing that Vice Presidential tour thing right now. You haven’t heard anything yet, gurl. These guys are good. They got like pix and everything. Of the empty boxes in her wastebasket. In HER office! Really cool. Obama! Hell Yeah!
first tanning beds and NOW PENCILS you say?
That’s it.
I am SO DONE with Palin!
A person can only take so much!
This is far too complicated for the news readers and ‘human interest’ feature writers. Hard to condense down to a 10 second sound bite. No sex either.
Well fellow devil dog, admittedly we aren't threatening violence. Suggesting that they go hunting with Palin in Alaska on the other hand ... :)
Worst case, they're bear bait .... Best case, they get to eat moose.
I’m woefully ignorant as to what the Logan Act is. Could you please explain it, in simple terms? Thanks. :o)
Please ignore my last post. I found my answer. Silly me, I just had to read a bit on the link to the video. :o)
***The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years. The text of the Act is broad and is addressed at any attempt of a US citizen to conduct foreign relations without authority.***
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09172008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_objects_129453.htm?page=0
GOOD READ ON WHAT OBAMA DID IN IRAQ.
HE DID INDEED TRY TO UNDERMINE THE US IRAQI NEGOTIATIONS.
Republican may have been the term for the Jeffersonian Republican-Democrats. Or just a mistake, the other party was the Federalists.
Looks like another free-fall and free-for-all week ahead for Obama.
Facts of his treachery against US & Allied Troops breaking...
Huge CELEBRITY fund raiser with his Hollyweird friends, while out of the other side of his mouth, he tells us he’s not just a Celebrity...
New McCain ads starting this week...
Sarah Palin hasn’t been destroyed yet, despite the MSM’s best efforts...
Poor, Baby! Looks like your waltz into the White House isn’t going as smoothly as you had predicted.
*SMIRK*
“While I am encouraged by the senator’s evolution, I must also appeal to him to issue a “cease and desist” plea to the battalions of his sympathizers - who have been threatening me with death and worse in the days since my article appeared.”
OBAMA BROWNSHIRT ALERT!!!
Thanks, I forgot about the dems calling themselves the Republican-Democrats in the early days. Of course there is NO BIAS in this entry, since this was the old name of the Democrats...
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