At Least Both Ways

clipped from hotair.com The first-term Illinois senator said he told Zebari that if he wins the White House, “an Obama administration will make sure that we continue with the progress that’s been made in Iraq, that we won’t act precipitously.” What’s that mean? He’s not going to modify his withdrawal plan in the heat of the campaign so this is as close as we’re going to get to a sign that he might be open to revisiting his timetable. Don’t forget, before she got booted from the campaign, Samantha Power all but admitted that we weren’t going to be out in 16 months, regardless of what Obama’s stump speech might say. Or do I have it backwards, and this is just the lip service he’s paying to centrists who might be taking a second look at the war while he crafts a “declare victory and go home” strategy?