Blatant Lies

I just read Pete Hegseth's NRO article on Obama's Iraq strategy and it's laughable in its inaccuracy. Pete is the Vets for Freedom guy that makes his rounds on TV some (I've at least seen him on Hardball) and I have always thought his head (not Obama's) was in the sand. But this article takes the cake! I checked some of his hyperlinks and they don't even support what he claims they do. A few examples

- claims Obama met w/ some Military commanders who told him a timetable would be bad: then cites a retired general's NYT op-ed and Bush's Chair of the Joint Cheifs on Fox News claiming their disapproval. No one claims that's what Obama is hearing in private meetings (i.e. with Petraus)
- claims Obama reiterated his "clear" withdrawal date in a press release, when the release says Maliki wants a "clear" withdrawal
- Then he says Maliki told Obama he's against a timeline!! Has Hegseth seen a newspaper in the last 5 days?!

It's fine if you want to stay in Iraq for a long time - just say it and try to back it up. Instead, this article is full of outright lies that are directly contradicted by Byron York's post on the same page! Don't act like Obama's view is batty when over the last week it's becoming clear that McCain's policies are becoming increasingly isolated (with even W drifting toward Obama in some areas).