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Monday, Jul. 21, 2008 Obama's Drive-By Visit: The Iraqi View
By Abigail Hauslohner / Baghdad
For Barack Obama, it's a one-day confrontation with the next President's biggest foreign policy burden. For American voters waiting to see how the young candidate will handle Iraq, vis-à-vis his more experienced rival, John McCain, the visit is a critical moment in the presidential campaign. But in Baghdad, the Iraqi media has barely batted an eye. Obama's visit got only a vague mention on the local TV networks' afternoon news hours, and it failed to make the front page on any of Iraq's top newspapers. Only in Al-Dustour did an article make reference to the visit, quoting Iraqi politician (and former Bush Administration favorite) Ahmad Chalabi as saying: "Obama wants to prove that he's qualified enough to be Commander in Chief."
Indeed, while many Iraqis say they like Obama, few are optimistic about the difference he can make for their country as a result of his one-day visit, or even as President. "They are all the same - Democrats and Republicans, their agenda is the same, and that is to exert American control all over the world," says Nasir al-Saadi, a parliamentarian in the Sadrist movement, which is fiercely opposed to what it sees as the U.S. occupation of Iraq. In the central Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour, local Sunni community leaders - and political enemies of the Sadrists - say much of the same thing. "American policy does not depend on the President. When a new President comes up, he just continues the pre-set policy," says Sunni Awakening leader Ahmed Bassam. Although Obama reportedly discussed the future of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Bassam remains skeptical. "American policy for Iraq was probably set 20 years ago," he says. "So I don't think American forces are going to leave. But maybe small things will change. Obama said on TV that if he wins the election, he will designate $2 billion for Iraqi refugees outside Iraq."
In a whirlwind daylong visit that started with an examination of recent security gains in the southern city of Basra, the Democratic presidential candidate met with top U.S. military commander General David Petraeus, as well as Prime Minister al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and other Iraqi leaders. It is Obama's second trip to Iraq but his first since clinching the Democratic nomination.
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New Yorker shows its blatant racism
First we get the racist New Yorker, now Time. One might get the impression New York establishment Jews hate blacks.
Monday, Jul. 21, 2008 Obama's Drive-By Visit: The Iraqi View
By Abigail Hauslohner / Baghdad
For Barack Obama, it's a one-day confrontation with the next President's biggest foreign policy burden. For American voters waiting to see how the young candidate will handle Iraq, vis-à-vis his more experienced rival, John McCain, the visit is a critical moment in the presidential campaign. But in Baghdad, the Iraqi media has barely batted an eye. Obama's visit got only a vague mention on the local TV networks' afternoon news hours, and it failed to make the front page on any of Iraq's top newspapers. Only in Al-Dustour did an article make reference to the visit, quoting Iraqi politician (and former Bush Administration favorite) Ahmad Chalabi as saying: "Obama wants to prove that he's qualified enough to be Commander in Chief."
Indeed, while many Iraqis say they like Obama, few are optimistic about the difference he can make for their country as a result of his one-day visit, or even as President. "They are all the same - Democrats and Republicans, their agenda is the same, and that is to exert American control all over the world," says Nasir al-Saadi, a parliamentarian in the Sadrist movement, which is fiercely opposed to what it sees as the U.S. occupation of Iraq. In the central Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour, local Sunni community leaders - and political enemies of the Sadrists - say much of the same thing. "American policy does not depend on the President. When a new President comes up, he just continues the pre-set policy," says Sunni Awakening leader Ahmed Bassam. Although Obama reportedly discussed the future of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Bassam remains skeptical. "American policy for Iraq was probably set 20 years ago," he says. "So I don't think American forces are going to leave. But maybe small things will change. Obama said on TV that if he wins the election, he will designate $2 billion for Iraqi refugees outside Iraq."
In a whirlwind daylong visit that started with an examination of recent security gains in the southern city of Basra, the Democratic presidential candidate met with top U.S. military commander General David Petraeus, as well as Prime Minister al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and other Iraqi leaders. It is Obama's second trip to Iraq but his first since clinching the Democratic nomination.
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