Another "story" for the rubes?
Barak Obama’s former senior foreign policy advisor, Samantha Power, hasn’t done him or his campaign any favors while on her book tour in England.
She appeared on a British talk show, “Hard Talk,” and pulled a NAFTA-gate moonwalk on Barak’s Iraq withdrawal plan:
The host, Stephen Sackur, challenged her:”So what the American public thinks is a commitment to get combat forces out in 16 months isn’t a commitment isn’t it?”
“You cant make a commitment in March 2008 about what circumstances will be like in January of 2009,” she said. “He will, of course, not rely on some plan that hes crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator. He will rely upon a plan an operational plan that he pulls together in consultation with people who are on the ground to whom he doesnt have daily access now, as a result of not being the president. So to think it would be the height of ideology to sort of say, ‘Well, I said it, therefore Im going to impose it on whatever reality greets me.
You can take that for a “yes.” I guess things look different from the President’s office than from the campaign trail.
Or was this another trick for the rubes?
Power on Obama’s Iraq plan: “best case scenario” - Ben Smith’s Blog - Politico.com
