Now Barack Obama can say the ‘surge’ succeeded

It’s funny how the having the party’s nomination can free up a candidate to speak the truth the partisans wouldn’t allow him to tell.

“I think that the ‘surge’ has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Barack Obama told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly yesterday. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.”

When did Obama say before that the “surge” had succeeded beyond our wildest dreams? Was that in his acceptance speech? Of course not. The Democratic faithful don’t allow such talk at their official faith-based meetings. They don’t even give their candidates permission to appear on Fox News.

For victory now? But now that the Democratic primaries and convention are over, Obama can ignore the goofy zealots. He knows he has to talk with nonpartisan, average Americans, who recognize that the U.S. troop “surge” has secured Iraq’s new democracy.

I have only read about O’Reilly’s interview, so I don’t know if O’Reilly asked Obama if he will guarantee victory in Iraq. I’d love to hear the answer to such a direct question.

Frank Warner

UPDATE: I just saw the replay of the O'Reilly-Obama interview. No, O'Reilly did not ask Obama if he wants to win the Iraq war. And why would O'Reilly ask such a question? He began his interview by saying the Iraq war was a mistake.

Liberating Iraq was a mistake, Bill? Where would Iraq be right now had we left it alone?

The sanctions would have collapsed, thanks to spineless Europe. Saddam would be torturing Iraqis and expanding his mass graves. Repression would be more brutal than ever. Saddam would be building nuclear weapons again, aiding terrorists again, and threatening Saudi Arabia and Kuwait again. And, to top it all, he'd be renewing relations with Russia. If a Shiite rebellion were even a little successful, genocide would have broken out, totally unchecked.

Twenty-five million Iraqis are free now, and Iraq is not on its way to becoming a nuclear terror state. Instead, it's the first Muslim Arab democracy. That's a mistake?

Does Obama want democacy to win in Iraq? Bill won't ask. He doesn't see the point.

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Comments

[Neo]

Obama to Harry Reid ... the war isn't lost ... any more.

[Frank Warner]

Yes. Did O'Reilly ask about that Harry Reid declaration of defeat?