Petraeus says Obama told him Iraq surge was a success (That's not what he said before)

The Hill ^ | 12/6/2009 | Walter Alarkon

[tobyhill]

Gen. David Petraeus said that President Barack Obama acknowledged that the troop surge in the Iraq war was a success during deliberations over whether to enact a troop surge in Afghanistan.

"He did in fact, although I tell you we spent a lot of time taking the rearview mirrors off the bus," said Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, when asked about Obama's position on the Iraq surge on "Fox News Sunday."

[tobyhill]

March 2007: Obama: "Even those who are supporting -- but here's the thing, Larry -- even those who support the escalation have acknowledged that 20,000, 30,000, even 40,000 more troops placed temporarily in places like Baghdad are not going to make a long-term difference." (CNN's "Larry King Live," 3/19/07)

May 2007: Obama "And what I know is that what our troops deserve is not just rhetoric, they deserve a new plan. Governor Romney and Senator McCain clearly believe that the course that we're on in Iraq is working, I do not." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks To The Coalition Of Black Trade Unionists Convention, Chicago, IL, 5/25/07)

July 2007: Obama "My assessment is that the surge has not worked and we will not see a different report eight weeks from now." (NBC's "The Today Show," 7/18/07)

September 2007 Obama: "I've had a bill in since January that would begin bringing our troops home in a responsible, careful way. And it is my belief that if the president continues on this course, we are going to continue to have the same problems that we've had." (Sen. Barack Obama, Univision Democrat Presidential Debate, Miami, FL, 9/9/07)

November 2007: Obama "Finally, in 2006-2007, we started to see that, even after an election, George Bush continued to want to pursue a course that didn't withdraw troops from Iraq but actually doubled them and initiated a search and at that stage I said very clearly, not only have we not seen improvements, but we're actually worsening, potentially, a situation there." (NBC's "Meet The Press," 11/11/07)

[rlmorel]

LOL...if you take the rear view mirrors off the bus, then you don’t have to look at everyone you have thrown under there and run over.

How convenient. What a despicable man.

[Feline_AIDS]

Hahaha yeah I loved that line too.

[RC2]

I’m sure glad that we have such a highly, HIGHLY, experienced Commander in Chief. A Chicago slum master is more like it.

[mountainlion]

Obama has to build his won truth for politics.

[chiefqc]

When o-bow-man’s lips are moving it is always a lie, always.

[mountainlion]

Obama has to build his won truth for politics

Should read

Obama has to build his own truth for politics.

[Penny]

"How convenient. What a despicable man."

"How convenient. What a despicable man" tyrant / thug / fill in the blanks--but never has he been a man.

Regards . . . Penny

[mick]

PALIN - PETRAEUS in 2012

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.