Obama Planning Second Ever Iraq Trip

As Barak Obama executes an Olympic quality flip-flop on his Iraq policy should he become president, he is also planning his second ever trip to Iraq. I am sure my leftist friends and neighbors will be encouraged to know that even though the Obama website clearly states:

Judgment You Can Trust

As a candidate for the United States Senate in 2002, Obama put his political career on the line to oppose going to war in Iraq, and warned of “an occupation of undetermined length, with undetermined costs, and undetermined consequences.” Obama has been a consistent, principled and vocal opponent of the war in Iraq.

• In 2003 and 2004, he spoke out against the war on the campaign trail;
• In 2005, he called for a phased withdrawal of our troops;
• In 2006, he called for a timetable to remove our troops, a political solution within Iraq, and aggressive diplomacy with all of Iraq’s neighbors;
• In January 2007, he introduced legislation in the Senate to remove all of our combat troops from Iraq by March 2008.
• In September 2007, he laid out a detailed plan for how he will end the war as president.

Bringing Our Troops Home

Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda.

the good Senator is now making talk about withdrawing troops more slowly than he originally planned. However, that turns out and for whatever reason, it is curious to me that Senator Obama has thought of those troops so little that he has only visited once, in 2006, during his entire tenure in the Senate. In the mean time, Senator McCain has made more than 12 trips to Iraq.

Now, who do you think has seen more, and heard more, from those who are actually prosecuting the war?