World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime poses:
Can you guess which candidate made these statements just under 1 year ago?
“Our men and women in uniform are
performing heroically around the world in some of the most difficult
conditions imaginable. But the war in Afghanistan and the ill-advised invasion of Iraq
have clearly demonstrated the consequences of underestimating the
number of troops required to fight two wars and defend our homeland.
That’s why I strongly support the expansion of our ground forces by
adding 65,000 soldiers to the Army and 27,000 Marines.”
“Former Secretary Rumsfeld said, “You go to war with the Army you have,
not the one you want.” I say that if the need arises when I’m
President, the Army we have will be the Army we need.”
“No President should ever hesitate to use force – unilaterally if
necessary – to protect ourselves and our vital interests when we are
attacked or imminently threatened. But when we use force in situations
other than self-defense, we should make every effort to garner the
clear support and participation of others – the kind of burden-sharing
and support President George H.W. Bush mustered before he launched Operation Desert Storm.”
If you guessed McCain, guess again.
This quote is from the remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs – April 23, 2007
Obama
never misses the opportunity to claim his opposition to having attacked
Iraq. But it would be a mistake to label him a candidate for “change”;
the military might of the U.S. is his priority, not so different from
the hawks currently in the White House.
See April 7 Reuters Analysis: Democratic President May Reasses Iraq Promises.
It begins:
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – Democrats running for U.S. president
have promised to pull troops from Iraq, but some analysts and defense
officials question whether either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton would
fulfill that pledge if elected.
Certainly, the U.S. military
will comply with any policy adopted by the next commander-in-chief,
including a full-scale withdrawal from Iraq, officers say.
But
some officials and policy analysts say it is difficult to see Obama or
Clinton, if elected, ordering a swift pull-out once presented with the
complexity of the security and political situation in Iraq and the
responsibility for maintaining relationships in the region..