Obama Doesn't Know Iraq

For a guy who's supposedly tired of the same old politics, he sure doesn't seem to mind playing the same old political games:

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ridiculed Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday for saying Britain's decision to pull troops from Iraq is a good sign that fits with the strategy for stabilizing the country.

Obama, speaking at a massive outdoor rally in Austin, Texas, said British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision this week to withdraw 1,600 troops is a recognition that Iraq's problems can't be solved militarily.

"Now if Tony Blair can understand that, then why can't George Bush and Dick Cheney understand that?" Obama asked thousands of supporters who gathered in the rain to hear him. "In fact, Dick Cheney said this is all part of the plan (and) it was a good thing that Tony Blair was withdrawing, even as the administration is preparing to put 20,000 more of our young men and women in.

"Now, keep in mind, this is the same guy that said we'd be greeted as liberators, the same guy that said that we're in the last throes. I'm sure he forecast sun today," Obama said to laughter from supporters holding campaign signs over their heads to keep dry. "When Dick Cheney says it's a good thing, you know that you've probably got some big problems."

A spokeswoman for Cheney, traveling with him in Australia, said they had no comment on Obama's remarks.

Obama wants to be our president, and yet he shows an appalling lack of knowledge about the situation on the ground in Iraq. The wacky left may not understand the subtleties of a southern Iraq that is relatively problem free, and therefore requires less military attention, and a Baghdad area which is still troubled and requires additional help. However, I would hope a president wannabe would be able to comprehend that.

Obama better count his blessings that Cheney didn't respond, because if he ever decides to, he'll chop him up the same way he chopped up Nancy Pelosi.