Re: President Obama Will Stay in Iraq?

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12:50 PM, Feb 11, 2008 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

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A McCain adviser sends in this response to Obama's statement on 60 Minutes that timetables for withdrawal from Iraq would be dependent on his right, as commander in chief, "to assess the situation" on the ground:

Would this be the same Obama who has spent many months trying to strip away our current commander in chief's flexibility on force levels by seeking (along with Clinton) a mandatory phased withdrawal of U.S. forces without regard the situation on the ground or the view of Gen. Petraeus?

It's all well and good to beat up Bush over Iraq, but when push comes to shove, Obama will face the same constraints, the same hard choices, that the current president faces. It seems the apparent indifference of the Democrats to the effects of a U.S. withdrawal depends entirely on who ends up being held responsible for those effects.

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