The Leopard Changes His Spots

Yesterday I saw a film-clip of Obama addressing the US troops in Baghdad and thanking them for a job well done. "Son of a BITCH!" I thought. "This is the guy who would have yanked them from Iraq a few years ago!" And today, stopping over at Iraq Pundit's, I see that he was thinking the same thing as me. Iraq Pundit comments:

The president was right to praise the U.S. and Iraqi achievements. Who could disgaree with President Obama's comments? Of course, if the country had followed Barack Obama's original urgings, Iraq's 25 (or so) million people would not have had this democratic opportunity. Indeed, candidate Obama wasn't particularly concerned at the prospect of Iraqi genocide, never mind the prospect of democracy. President Obama is celebrating something that has happened in spite of candidate Obama. What a difference a title makes.

Indeed. President Bush was the one who risked everything to see that we were successful in Iraq, and here comes Obama, the guy who would have sold every last soldier down the river for his political ambitions, slapping the troops on their backs, shaking hands, and smiling for group photos. Empty suit, con man, or a leopard who can change his spots at will? Answer: all of the above.
IBC