This One Is on the House

Last week, Cap'n Ed:

Barack Obama based his editorial on Iraq in large part on the assertion by Nouri al-Maliki wants timetables for American withdrawal.  Unfortunately, as the BBC notes, Maliki didn’t actually say that — although the fault really does not lie with Obama.  In fact, the Maliki government doesn’t want date-certain withdrawal dates, and may not want a withdrawal at all....

I suspect that Obama will find much in Iraq that he hasn’t known before announcing his policies, including how dependent Iraq remains on its American partner for stability, security, and logistics in the short- to mid-term.  Maybe he should have waited to talk to Maliki first before jumping on a misreported statement to write his op-ed, a point that Lindsey Graham more or less made on the conference call today.

Today, Nouri al-Maliki:

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months.    

In an interview with Der Spiegel released on Saturday, Maliki said he wanted U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible.

"U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes."

I suspect that Cap'n Ed will find much in Iraq that he hasn't known before writing his blog posts. Not that mere reality will stop him.

Of course today at Hot Air "Allahpundit" (still the dumbest handle on the Internet) bleats, essentially, that this is  good news for John McCain. The exercise yard at the Hot Air asylum is littered with rakes, and nobody over there can figure out what keeps smacking them in the gob.

UPDATE: Added hilarity!

(Below: footage of Captain Ed pondering the subject of his follow-up post.)

Comments

[DrDick]

That clip is the perfect analogy for the encounter between the rightwing and reality (including the fact that they never learn nor change what they are doing).

[Davis]

My theory is that Cap'n Ed and the rest are being supernaturally "guided" to write things just moments before a direct contradiction becomes known, apparently for our amusement. It was only two days ago that one of them speculated that Obama may not match McCain's $22 million for June, and boom! they announced $52 million. It's the only thing that makes sense.

[aimai]

This statement is truly the gift that keeps on giving. I've been bouncing around the net just enjoying myself all afternoon.

aimai

[trifecta]

Off Topic... But this is porn for Thers.

[LA Confidential Pantload]

Cap'n Ed is a bit unusual for a wingnut - he will occasionally admit that he's wrong. Wingnut SOP is usually just to scream louder.

[left rev.]

While helping build block houses in Mexico, I actually did step on the business end of a shovel, causing the handle to spring up and wack me in the face. My name from that point on was "la Pastora solo oho."

It was painful, but not traumatic enough to turn me into a spinning mouthpiece for the Grand Old Poopheads.

No excuse.

[DrDick]

That sound you hear in the distance is not thunder or the final battle of Armeggedon, it is rightard heads exploding.

[shawn214]

What is the rational basis behind the claim that a trip to Iraq is necessary to understand what is going on there? By this I mean the short "tour" type, not an extended stay; though neither would likely result in discovering what "ordinary" Iraqi's honestly believe.

[low-tech cyclist]

Not that mere reality will stop him.

Hey, they believe they can create their own reality. Wingnuttery is like a cargo cult in that way.

[actor212]

Not that mere reality will stop him.

Or, to put it more precisely (quoting Adam Savage), "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"