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    The Three Wartime Instincts Obama Lacks
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    It is now ironclad history that Obama was wrong on the Iraq surge. "It is clear at this point that we cannot, through putting more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation [in Iraq] is going to improve" then-Senator Obama said in October 2006, three months prior to the surge. Full Article at Pajamas Media
    It is clear at this point that we cannot, through putting more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation [in Iraq] is going to improve
    Barack Obama – Barack Obama SOURCE: Pajamas Media 1 month ago
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The Three Wartime Instincts Obama Lacks
  1. I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse
    Barack Obama – Barack Obama SOURCE: Pajamas Media 1 month ago
  2. My assessment is that the surge has not worked
    SOURCE: Pajamas Media 1 month ago

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