Comments on: Obama and Ike: How to End a War

By: runasim

runasim — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:28:41 +0000

“Seems useful to me to go meet the people who are critical in implementing any future plans with regard to Iraq.”

These days, you don't have to go to Iraq to talk to key people.
Seeing Iraq, the country, is quite difficult and limiting. It's not like going to Iowa to see flood damage.

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:23:26 +0000

good point.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:41:38 +0000

I don't know. Seems useful to me to go meet the people who are critical in implementing any future plans with regard to Iraq.

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:28:20 +0000

It's all politics. Obama has to go to Iraq to defuse a McCain talking point that “he hasn't even been to Iraq.”

By: runasim

runasim — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:57:02 +0000

I agree with Davebo, for reasons I outlined in comments to another post on the same topic.

In the meantime, toda's car bomb exploison in Baghdad reminded me how unstable,the situation in Iraq is. Anyhting Obama said on a trip today could become irrelevant in tomorrow's context. That could result in more criticism, from both sides.

He's going to be criticized no matter what he does. I think he's wise to choose his own timing and his owm methods. Jumping to appease every provocaton is a dead end street.

By: Davebo

Davebo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Look, if your whole campaign is based on a new kind of politics that addresses real issues and seeks to unite people, you don't make the dog and pony show trip to Iraq.

What's he going to do? Buy some rugs in a sanitized market?