57 States of Moslem and Obama the Flipper, A Man of Seasonal Principles

Update July 6-- Recently, a friend and I discussed the campaign. The issue of Obama's flip flops and his mis-statements came up, including the now-infamous brag that he'd campaigned in all 57 states.

I'd pretty well shrugged that one off. Then my friend said "But don't you know? That's a reference to Muslim-run states."

What? A true confession here--I routinely toss any of those email attachments and forwards that rant about political matters. So many of them have been proven to be false (I read and heed snopes.com) that I just don't bother.

So I figured that this, too, must be another email circulation. Given that my friend is very aware, I said that obviously I needed to do some research.

What do you know? There are indeed, 57 current Muslim states. They are banded together in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.

Reading about the organisation, and recalling Obama's ties to various shady and America-hating peoples, I had to stop and reflect. And I changed my opinion.

Obama's gaffe wasn't, as I originally thought, just an accident. I think it was a true Freudian slip.

And he accidentally sent a message about which states he's really interested in and wishes to forge bonds with, and lead.

Original post follows.

A read of the Washington Post's news section yields this: " Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing a promised gradual, 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected president, saying that Thursday he will consult with military commanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue to refine" his proposals." 

In Obama's rush to out-McCain Mcain, will his race to grab onto the coat tails of the war hero reveal yet another bit of political opportunism? Post Op-Ed columist Charles Krauthammer thinks this newest change is just one in a long series of position flips from Obama.

What do you think?

UPDATE: I decided to do some research on Obama's positions on Iraq. Here's what I found on his own webpage:

"As a candidate for the United States Senate in 2002, Obama put his political career on the line to oppose going to war in Iraq, and warned of “an occupation of undetermined length, with undetermined costs, and undetermined consequences...

Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months... if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda."

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Obama's seasonally adjusted principles are beginning to pile up: NAFTA, campaign finance reform, warrantless wiretaps, flag pins, gun control. What's left?

Iraq. The reversal is coming, and soon.

Two weeks ago, I predicted that by Election Day Obama will have erased all meaningful differences with McCain on withdrawal from Iraq. I underestimated Obama's cynicism. He will make the move much sooner. He will use his upcoming Iraq trip to finally acknowledge the remarkable improvements on the ground and to formally abandon his primary season commitment to a fixed 16-month timetable for removal of all combat troops.

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