Comments on: Biden Was Right About Obama’s “Great Achievement”

By: Newsweek Declares Victory in Iraq | All That Is Necessary...

Newsweek Declares Victory in Iraq | All That Is Necessary... — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:06:03 +0000

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By: Cracked World

Cracked World — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:58:59 +0000

Seems to me that the fact that we're still in Iraq is a broken campaign promise on the part of Dr.O. The achievement Biden refers to is the growing number of broken promises his boss has made. Don't get me wrong I'm glad we stayed and made good on our promises as a nation.But Obama has done little but criticize and rebuke Bush for the entire war until it looks like it might have a positive outcome.

By: kirkpete

kirkpete — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:47:59 +0000

My point exactly. In your example, the team won the race — one runner may have contributed more than the others, but any of the others could have lost it, and yet they all held their own. Obama absolutely had the power and authority to abandon Iraq. I'm not quite ready to declare Iraq a "win" yet, but if we win, it will be an American win — and I'll give Obama props for doing his part.

By: Forgotten Liberty

Forgotten Liberty — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:44:17 +0000

I think the achievement is that Obama didn't give in to the demands of the far left (on this issue) and immediately pull our troops out of Iraq. He continued with the successful strategy implemented by the Bush administration. So in a way, it is an achievement, but it's not in the traditional sense. For Biden to try and take ownership of the success in Iraq is a bit disingenuous. It would be like the last runner in a relay race claiming he won the race for the team because he was the one who crossed the finish line. If the previous runner in the relay built up such a large lead that the last runner only had to preform a easy jog to maintain the lead a win the race, who really one the race? The one who crossed the finish line or the one who did the majority of the hard work?