Obama: Me, Too.

Sen. Obama [D-IL] made a speech on the Senate floor in which he said of the troop surge into Iraq:

I cannot in good conscience support this escalation. It is a policy which has already been tried and a policy which has failed.

So, what does Mr. Obama base his refusal to support our Country on? Here are some of his sources:

• Just this morning, I had veterans of the Iraq war visit my office to explain to me that this surge concept is, in fact, no different from what we have repeatedly tried, but with 20,000 troops, we will not in any imaginable way be able to accomplish any new progress.
• American military officials have told the New York Times that there is no clear chain of command between Iraqis and U.S. commanders and no real indication that the Iraqis even want such a partnership.
• Prime Minister al-Maliki, the person whom the President said had brought this plan to us, the man who is supposed to be our partner-in-chief for this new plan, told foreign journalists that if the United States would only give his Army better weapons and equipment, our soldiers could go home.

One wonders if Mr. Obama talked to anyone closer to the action, e.g., Gen. Casey: [1]

"So far, so good" is the way Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. characterized Iraqi efforts to bring security to Baghdad. At a news conference with visiting Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Casey said Maliki has delivered on what he promised in a recent speech in which he laid out a range of commitments Iraqi security forces will have to follow.

So, what of the Democratic fresh face in Congress? Is he everything the Country wished for? Or, is he just another "me, too" politician?

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