FULL TEXT OF SENATOR OBAMA's SPEECH TODAY-RE: IRAQ

[kpete]

Senator Barack Obama
Moving Forward in Iraq, remarks as prepared for delivery
November 22, 2005
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

LINK TO FULL TEXT BELOW SNIPPETS:

The President could take the politics out of Iraq once and for all if he would simply go on television and say to the American people "Yes, we made mistakes. Yes, there are things I would have done differently. But now that we're here, I am willing to work with both Republicans and Democrats to find the most responsible way out."

Nearly four decades ago, John F. Kennedy took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He admitted that mistakes had been made. He didn't spend a good deal of time publicly blaming the previous administration, or the other party, or his critics. And through these decisive actions, he earned the respect of the American people and the world � respect that allowed his diplomacy to be trusted a few years later during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Americans everywhere are crying out for this kind of leadership today. They want to find pragmatic solutions to the difficult and complicated situation in Iraq. They want to move forward one of the greatest foreign policy challenges that faces this nation in a generation. And they want to get it right for every American son and daughter who's been willing to put their lives on the line to defend the country they love. It's time for us in Washington to offer the rest of the country this leadership. Thank you.
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/In_Chicago_Senator_Obama_calls_for_1122.html

[Oceansaway]

1. Thank you

[applegrove]

2. Thanks for posting! n/t

[jaxx]

3. Obama makes sense. I suppose they will vilify him.

More specifically, we need to be very clear about key issues, such as bases and the level of troops in Iraq. We need to say that there will be no bases in Iraq a decade from now and the United States armed forces cannot stand-up and support an Iraqi government in perpetuity - pushing the Iraqis to take ownership over the situation and placing pressure on various factions to reach the broad based political settlement that is so essential to defeating the insurgency.

http://obama.senate.gov/speech/051122-moving_forward_in_iraq/index.html

[MrDale]

4. lol...obama's speech...

will hurt the soldiers fighting in iraq, it will tell them that they are failures. it will also tell the insurgents and terrorists that we are weak and here is an open ticket to attack.

the above is the republican response.