Fox News reports:
The troop surge in Iraq has been more successful than anyone could have imagined, Barack Obama conceded Thursday in his first-ever interview on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.”
As recently as July, the Democratic presidential candidate declined to rate the surge a success, but said it had helped reduce violence in the country. On Thursday, Obama acknowledged the 2007 increase in U.S. troops has benefited the Iraqi people.
But even with this admission, Obama cannot admit he was wrong:
“I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.”
That’s right, nobody could have anticipated that the Surge would work. No one at all. He certainly can’t be blamed for it; it’s beyond our wildest dreams.
Well, actually there are a few people who anticipated it would work. His opponent, John McCain, is a notable example. General Petraeus, with whom Obama refused to speak until recently, is another.
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