He said what?

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

"I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there," the Illinois senator said that night, a month before announcing his presidential bid. "In fact, I think it will do the reverse." January 2007 - Obama

"… In the face of this quagmire, the notion that we would put tens of thousands more young Americans in harm's way without changing our fundamental strategy, a strategy that's failed by almost every imaginable count , makes absolutely no sense. In escalating the war with a so-called surge of troops, the president would be overriding the express concerns of Generals on the ground, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group and the American people." January 2008 - Obama

"Here's what we know. The surge has not worked. And they said today, 'Well, even in September, we're going to need more time.' So we're going to kick this can all the way down to the next president, under the president's plan." September 2008 - Obama

“I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Tonight while being interviewed by Bill O'Riely - Obama

Nobody?

[Fin]

Interesting topic.

On the other hand, this war is one of the largest, bloodiest blunders in modern world history, & I have no doubt textbooks will treat it as such.

Obama voted against entering this complete loss of a conflict even before it began.

That is my major sticking point with McCain--he actually supported the war from the start. The fact that he supported the surge came as no shock at all.

[n0Mad]

Interesting topic.

On the other hand, this war is one of the largest, bloodiest blunders in modern world history

Actually, I thought that's when the US tried to switch over to the metric system and the people wouldn't have it. What the hell is a 2 liter bottle of soda anyway? At least I can still buy my beer by the pint!