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Obama Hiding From the Truth of Iraq

As we expected, Obama has rejected McCain’s proposal that they go to Iraq together. Hot Air makes note of this and says: [1]

Even more amusing than Maverick’s savviness in forcing this choice on him is TPM straining to spin it as some sort of manifestation of principle — a standard Obama reaction whenever he weasels out of some tough decision, belied most recently by his pathetic reclamation of the flag lapel pin just in time for the general election. Spokesman Bill Burton:

John McCain’s proposal is nothing more than a political stunt, and we don’t need any more ‘Mission Accomplished’ banners or walks through Baghdad markets to know that Iraq’s leaders have not made the political progress that was the stated purpose of the surge. The American people don’t want any more false promises of progress, they deserve a real debate about a war that has overstretched our military, and cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer.

If they’re worried about the military giving them a dog-and-pony show, the answer isn’t to decline the trip but to counterpropose a more comprehensive trip than even McCain’s suggesting and turn it into a real fact-finding mission.

Correct.  Obama, as I suggested as week ago, is about shielding himself from the truth. It’s that simple.
Allahpundit agrees:

He won’t do it because he’s afraid of what [2] he might hear [3], which goes back to a point I’ve been making ever since the Jamil Hussein saga [4]: The left would have you believe Iraq hawks can’t admit that any aspect of the war might be going badly, but the opposite has always been more nearly true.

Something of a pattern, there, that I suspect we’ll see all the way to November. When those pesky facts come up, Obama hides. His narrative is so weak, it cannot withstand any input from anyone but himself and his handlers.  Like, for example, from the Iraqi people.

Some leader he’ll make, huh?