Another Barack Obama That Barack Obama Never Knew

I'm getting dizzy. Now Barack Hussein Obama says that he's not in favor of a rapid withdrawal from Iraq. Furthermore, he's never been in favor of a withdrawal timetable.

“I’ve always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability. That assessment has not changed. And when I go to Iraq and have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I’m sure I’ll have more information and will continue to refine my policies.”

He's always said that, except when he's said something different.


Barack Obama, on July 17, 2007:

"The United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn’t a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there."

Barack Obama, April 16, 2008:

Charles Gibson: "And, Senator Obama, your campaign manager, David Plouffe, said, 'When he is' -- this is talking about you - 'When he is elected president, we will be out of Iraq in 16 months at the most. There should be no confusion about that.' So you'd give the same rock-hard pledge, that no matter what the military commanders said, you would give the order to bring them home?"

Obama: "Because the commander-in-chief sets the mission, Charlie. That's not the role of the generals. And one of the things that's been interesting about the president's approach lately has been to say, 'Well, I'm just taking cues from General Petraeus.' Well, the president sets the mission. The general and our troops carry out that mission."

And, of course, he's always been in favor of the individual right to possess a handgun and he's alway been in favor of free trade and he's always been in favor or welfare reform...