An egregious act of hypocrisy
September 16th, 2008Putting aside whether it’s true or not that Obama pressured the Iraqi Foreign Minister to delay working out troop withdrawal agreements until either he or McCain get into office, this is a stunning bit of hypocrisy from Randy Scheunemann:
“At this point, it is not yet clear what official American negotiations Senator Obama tried to undermine with Iraqi leaders, but the possibility of such actions is unprecedented. It should be concerning to all that he reportedly urged that the democratically-elected Iraqi government listen to him rather than the US administration in power,” he said. “If news reports are accurate, this is an egregious act of political interference by a presidential candidate seeking political advantage overseas. Senator Obama needs to reveal what he said to Iraq’s Foreign Minister during their closed door meeting. The charge that he sought to delay the withdrawal of Americans from Iraq raises serious questions about Senator Obama’s judgment and it demands an explanation.”
This is the McCain advisor most responsible for McCain’s rhetoric re: Georgia last month, in which, by any measure, McCain went well above his station as Senator or candidate for President to converse directly with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, give speech after speech with far more aggressive tones than those coming out of the White House, threatened to kick Russia out of the G-8, etc.