Amazing what we find out when Democrats say what they really think (h/t Indian Chris)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama came under fire Tuesday for saying that U.S. troops in Afghanistan are "just air-raiding villages and killing civilians." The junior senator from Illinois made the comment Monday at a campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire.
"We’ve got to get the job done there," he said of Afghanistan. "And that requires us to have enough troops so that we’re not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there."
Can we question his support of the military now? Should be interesting to see the way he and his campaign, along with the other Defeatocrats, spins this one. How will the blame the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy/Noise Machine?
The AP jumps out to "fact check" the story. I do believe the AP missed the point.
MyDD does this "it’s the Republicans fault" schtick. I kinda missed the part where Jonathan Singer, you know, defends Osama Obama’s comment.
The Carpetbagger Report blames the GOP, too. Apparently, only Dems are allowed to "pounce" on their opponents comments. No defense of Obama smearing our military.
Woops! Liberal Values actually writes "the right wing noise machine." LOL! Of course, Ron, kinda forgot to actually defend Obama’s smear, too.
The DU doesn’t even seem to want to touch this, nor does the HuffPost.
For good analysis, see Captain Ed, Hot Air, The Sundries Shack, Gateway Pundit, Q and O, and Memeorandum.
