Foreign Policy In Focus | Obama: Listen to Iraqi Opinion: "Obama's campaign website, which differs only slightly from his transition website, lays out very clearly what he sees as problematic with the Iraq War. It highlights U.S. casualties — without mentioning the hundreds of thousands (some studies estimate over one million) of Iraqi civilians who have died as a result of the invasion and occupation — and the exorbitant financial cost of the war, while arguing from a strategic perspective that the diversion of troops and resources to Iraq 'continues to set back our ability to finish the fight in Afghanistan.'
Not only is Iraqi opinion completely ignored, but Obama's website actually blames the victim — a popular line with both Democrats and Republicans — by stating that 'the Iraqi government has not stepped forward to lead the Iraqi people.' How Iraqis are supposed to take control of their destiny with 146,000 U.S. troops — and an even larger number of U.S. contractors — in their country is apparently not a relevant question"
Monday, January 5, 2009
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