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From the July 4th wsws.org article…

In speeches and press appearances on Wednesday and Thursday, Obama continued to identify his campaign with support for American militarism, while backing away from his primary-campaign pledge to withdraw US combat forces from Iraq based on a definite timetable.

[...]Backing away from his earlier pledge to carry out a 16-month withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, the candidate said, “I have always said I would listen to the commanders on the ground. I have always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability.” Meanwhile, he couched his opposition to the continued occupation of Iraq at current levels in terms of what he posed as the more urgent necessity for sending troops to Afghanistan.

Read the entire article here

SOAK: For all of you that drank the Obam koolaid and thought he was anti-war, well you’re in for a surprise. We’ve been pointing out his inconsistencies on his stance on war from day 1 (eg. he’s pro war against Afghanistan), and now he’s backing away from his original stance on Iraq. Go figure. It’s a false right-left folks, Obama and McCain are two sides of the same coin, we just can’t see who is doing the flipping.

For more info on Obama’s contradictions click here