Obama on Military
From JohnMcCain.com
Obama's Evolving View of Military Power
Nobody's done more to try and figure out Obama's position on Iraq than Michael Crowley, and yesterday he followed up up with an attempt to trace Obama's use of the word "stability" in his public statements on the subject.
The peg is Obama's comment last week that his "guiding approach continues to be that we’ve got to make sure that our troops are safe and that Iraq is stable." That "stability" was now a criterion for withdrawal set off a frenzy, though Obama subsequently assured the press he meant to indicate no change in his position. Likewise, Crowley was told by the campaign that Obama "has long talked about 'stability' as a component of his Iraq plan," but the only evidence Crowley could find was this quote from last July:
“We have not lost a military battle in Iraq. So when people say if we leave, we will lose, they’re asking the wrong question,” [Obama] said. “We cannot achieve a stable Iraq with a military. We could be fighting there for the next decade.”
If Obama hasn't changed his position on Iraq, this would seem, at the very least, to suggest a fundamental change in the way Obama views military power. A year ago he did not believe military force could bring stability to Iraq. Now the strategy he opposed has done just that and Obama's statement reflects that success by acknowledging the link between the current stability and the presence of U.S. troops.Of course, it wasn't always so. Obama's judgment of the surge has...evolved.
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This, along with the fact that Obama does not know the role of the Joint Chiefs, is stunning when you consider he wants to lead the greatest country in the world.
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Amy Proctor has this great video of CNN Talking Heads discussing the fact that on Memorial Day Weekend, Barack Obama in a commencement address never includes Military Service as a noble way to serve your country. In fact he reportedly said, "In a time of war, we need you to work for peace." No less than Bill Schneider - hardly a radical Republican - makes the observation of the omission and calls it "strange" on Memorial Day Weekend.
Obama does not think of our brave men and women who serve in the military when he thinks of ways to serve the country. He has no business being the Commander-in-Chief of this great nation.
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Here is a press release issued by Vets for Freedom, in which they challenge Sen. Barack Obama's assertion that our troops in Afghanistan are not being supplied and equipped as they should be with basic needs such as guns and ammunition. He made the statement during the Democratic Debate Thursday night in Austin, Texas. The press release begins with a quote of Obama's assertion:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2008“I heard from an Army Captain who was the head of a rifle platoon; supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq. As a consequence, they didn't have enough ammunition, they didn't have enough humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current Commander in Chief.” – Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill)
(Washington DC) Vets for Freedom questions the recent comments by Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill) in the Democratic debate last night, in which he stated that American troops were “capturing Taliban weapons because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than get equipped by our current Commander in Chief”.
“Yet again Senator Obama has demonstrated the loose grip he holds on the reality of these conflicts,” said Vets for Freedom State Captain, and Afghanistan Army veteran Daniel Bell. “Senator Obama’s comments are insulting not only to those who have served and are still serving in Afghanistan but to all who serve in the armed forces. I can attest from my first hand experience that these comments are incredulous and that we were supplied all the tools necessary to complete our missions.” read more »
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