Senator Obama The World's President! Iraq and the World want President Obama why is that Bad?

Barack Obaqma one world one dream! President of the World?



Sen. Barack Obama -- who has made ending the Iraq war a cornerstone of his run for the presidency -- huddled on Monday with Iraqi officials and U.S.-led coalition military commanders about the conflict, now in its sixth year. It is the second trip to Iraq for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and the latest leg of an overseas trip that began in Kuwait and Afghanistan and will go on to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, Germany, France and Britain. Obama met with Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of Multi-National Corps-Iraq; British Maj. Gen. Barney White Spunner, commander of Multi-National Division South East; and Maj. General Abdul Aziz, the Iraqi army's 14th Division commander.

Obama then traveled to Baghdad, where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab who is of Iraq's two vice presidents. The senator was to hold talks later with Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. troops in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. An official with al-Maliki's office described the meeting as "very good and successful for both sides." Obama expressed his support for the Iraqi government and noted that the passage of important legislation -- such as laws addressing the production and distribution of oil revenue -- would help strengthen the country, the official said. Obama in Iraq

Whatever his motivations, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did Obama a huge favor with the magazine interview where he seemed to back Obama’s plans for Iraq -- offering him a better welcome than if he had been greeted with flowers as a liberator. One little interview changed the storyline for this portion of the trip -- and boosted Obama’s credibility on the subject at hand. Now, it’s McCain on the defensive -- needing to explain why he differs from Obama, Maliki -- and maybe even the Bush administration, backers of a “time horizon” (no frames, there) for troop withdrawal.

“In Iraq, controversy continued to reverberate between the United States and Iraqi governments over a weekend news report that Mr. Maliki had expressed support for Mr. Obama’s proposal to withdraw American combat troops within 16 months of January,” Sabrina Tavernise and Jeff Zeleny write in The New York Times. Al Maliki boosts Obama

Confusion over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's seeming endorsement of Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan is part of Iraq's strategy to play U.S. politics for the best deal possible over America's military mission. Iraqis intended to do: exploit Obama's position on the war to force the Bush administration into accepting concessions. Already, the Iraqi strategy has succeeded in persuading the White House to agree to a "general time horizon" for removing U.S. troops -- long a goal of the Shi'ite-dominated Iraqi government.

According to Iraqi officials, the decision to play U.S. politics emerged last month after Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari's trip to Washington for meetings with Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Obama and Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The visit took place as the United States and Iraq were negotiating rules that would govern the U.S. military presence in Iraq once the United Nations mandate expires at the end of the year. The talks had bogged down over U.S. demands for rights to bases, control of Iraqi airspace and immunity from prosecution under Iraqi law for U.S. soldiers and private contractors.

In the past, the Iraqis would have bowed to U.S. pressure. This time, they saw an option in Obama, a longtime war critic. They could press for a short-term agreement with the administration and take their chances with a new president -- Obama or McCain. Also, the Iraqis could flirt with Obama's withdrawal timetable, increasing pressure on Bush to cut a deal more favorable to them. Emboldened Iraqi Leaders undermine Bush and McCain

Then we find As Obama embarks on his first foreign tour as the Democratic presidential nominee, the world is inclined to agree. If Britain and Europe could vote, he would win the White House in a landslide. A poll in The Guardian last week showed that Obama would trounce John McCain, his Republican rival, in Britain by a margin of five votes to one. France and Germany are even more ardent members of Obamaland. Obama has been called the “black Kennedy” by a Berlin newspaper. Der Spiegel has run a cover feature on “The Messiah factor . . . and the yearning for a new America”. Le Monde has proclaimed, “Obamamania has spread to France”. Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European studies at Oxford, has compared the phenomenon with Dianamania. Europe wants President Obama

* I can understand why Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Europe, the entire world, wants a President Obama. He means hope for the future of the world. He is not a war monger. He will listen to the rest of the world and take them into account not ignore it because he is the sole Decider as you can bet McCain wouls do. I heard commentary that Obama must be careful not to appear to be Europes President. Why? I thought the US President is supposed to represent the Free World? The world wants a president Obama and that is being used agaainst him by the Republicans. I don't get it? That in itself should get Obama elected!

James Joiner
Gardner Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com