The (Now Airbrushed Away) Surge Is What Happened

Pajamas Media � Majority of Iraqis Oppose Obama’s Withdrawal: "According to the latest CBS poll, nearly 70 percent of Americans approve of President Obama’s decision to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq. In a remarkable turnaround, the Iraqis are the bigger opponents of the president’s plan. Iraqis want American soldiers to stay in their country more than Americans do.

A new poll by an Iraqi company found that nearly 60 percent feel it is the wrong time for U.S. soldiers to leave and 53 percent oppose President Obama’s ending of the combat mission. A little more than half believe the withdrawal will hurt the country and only one-fourth view the development positively. And in a statistic that is sure to bother those that boast of Obama’s worldwide popularity, nearly 42 percent feel the president does not care about the situation in Iraq.

Back in September 2006, the year when Iraq nearly fell to civil war, 71 percent of Iraqis wanted U.S. forces to leave their country in a year or less. There was a widespread perception that U.S. soldiers were the ones responsible for their misery. Most disturbingly, 61 percent of Iraqis felt attacks on U.S. soldiers were legitimate, a 14 percent increase from the beginning of 2006. But by March 2008, only 38 percent wanted U.S. forces to leave immediately and a majority wanted them to stay until the country was secured.

What happened? The surge is what happened."

Oh. And in other news he actually told our troops that our country is safer because of what they did in Iraq. Of course, he couldn't do that in the moonbat media so he thought he could sneak it by on YouTube. Needless to say the lefty loons found out and are going apesh*t about that. So in a rare "stopped clock" moment, I hereby present our moonbat president actually saying the right thing:

Of course, that doesn't mean he's not lying in terms of what he really thinks. He's just lying directly to the troops. So now you know.