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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: bentway who wrote (605498)3/29/2011 1:46:18 AM
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"But at the same time, he said, directing American troops to forcibly remove Colonel Qaddafi from power would be a step too far, and would “splinter” the international coalition that has moved against the Libyan government.

In the judgment of a community organizer who has no grasp of foreign policy.

“To be blunt, we went down that road in Iraq,” Mr. Obama said, adding that “regime change there took eight years, thousands of American and Iraqi lives, and nearly a trillion dollars. That is not something we can afford to repeat in Libya.”

This was a rather blatant effort to differentiate his actions from Iraq for one reason only -- to deflate complaints that he is a hypocrite for doing precisely what he criticized Bush for doing in Iraq.

It failed. What he is doing is exactly the same as what he harshly criticized Bush for doing. Same as GITMO. Just as he ultimately followed Bush's plans to the letter in Iraq. And in Afghanistan. Just as he caved on the release of prisoner photos. Just as he has now backed off on trials for detainees. On and on.

The reality is that GWB was RIGHT on every one of these subjects, Obama harshly criticized him, then upon entering the WH as a trainee, found his predecessor was precisely correct on every point.

Tonight was a really pathetic attempt at explaining away his incompetence when making those criticisms.
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