I don't have a problem with him changing his position on it. If you see that things have gotten better or different there is nothing wrong with saying so. Unlike others who went into Iraq and we later found out what they told us was different are still sticking with what they said eventhough we know and they know that what they said is wrong.

@dj July 15th, 2008 5:11 pm ET
"Abby, you got it…how great is it we have a man who is willing to learn and change as he objectively gathers all the information available."

Put the Kool-Aid down and step back. You and Abby sound a little obsessed right now. You knew that he was wrong all along, yet you continued to support him. You two are really big idiots.

The Democrat party and its media sepoys have a vested interest in an American failure in Iraq. Positive news is deemed helpful to Bush, so it is suppressed. My sons have served in Iraq and Afghanistan , and one is heading back as a volunteer, and they have been outraged at the slanted and falsely negative reporting. Yes, war is hell and yes, people die, but to suggest as the Obama campaign did that we lost the war is to betray both a lack of understanding of war and a desire to see America fail to bolster private political ambitions. While treason is an unduly harsh accusation, selfish ambition is not. Now that the surge is working, the chagrined Democrat Party needs to rewrite history with the help of its Orwellian pals at the "Bureau of Information " (the networks). Given enough time, the Democrats and their sepoys will be telling us that harry Reid and Barack Obama never stated that the war was lost, and the troop surge was (secretly) the Democrats' idea all along. Baghdad Bob is gone, but we have Baghdad Barack to replace him.

Taking cues from Kerrys 2004 campaign I see.
Same BS

You flip-flopping s.o.b. The American soldier has made sacrifices since day one; not just from the surge. Your personal ambition has blinded you to the blood, sweat, and tears those men and women have given to this country. McCain sacrificed for his country in the same way. What have you given first term Senator?

flip-flopper

Can't you guys think of a better term? Jeeze, that was four years ago and you beat it like a dead horse.

Once again, your minds are set in the past.

I'll take the generals reasoning for the changes in Iraq over a junior senator chasing the latest poll numbers.

Liberal Democrats are actually angered by success in Iraq.
This is a negative for them and they wish for the opposite.

Do they really find joy and comfort when they hear of our troops dying then?

I don't know, sometimes I think maybe it would be worth having a Democrat president just so we could have all Americans rooting for America again. It is so sad that they have become this partisan and hateful. I guess maybe it is worth it for me to lose my first and second amendment rights, 70% of my paycheck and end up in a nazi like "re-eduction" camp just to have every American supporting our troops and their missions.

If the surge worked..good… BRING OUR TROOPS HOME.

If you think some junior staffer has the authority to change his website without direct authority from the top rankes, you're seriously naive about how things work.

The only time junior staffers do anything visible to the public is when they take the fall for something that the candidate couldn't say or do publicly. Hillary was the queen of this tactic.

Abby, you got it…how great is it we have a man who is willing to learn and change as he objectively gathers all the information available.

Funny how so many people posting here are all of a sudden 'for' the war. Hmmm….of course, it's only because Barack wants to end it. Anything to be against him, it seems, even at the cost of lives.

I guess these posters don't know what it's like to have someone they love over there fighting. If they did, I'm sure they're tune would change quickly…all of a sudden they'd be 'for' Obama.

Did McCain finally pay his taxes? Do you guys even have a reporter on him? You would never know it by all the Obama info you seem to find yet, no stories on McCain not paying of taxes, McCain's 100+ flip-flops or whining-gate or the $$$$$$Cindy is about to get, or Cindy's drug habit. Just checking.

Let’s stop paying off the Iraq insurgents and see what happens. Remember last month when they began again? It got out of control again.

Its artificial and can erupt at anytime

What a surprise.. Obama changing his tune to fit in!

Nobama '08

Regardless of whether or not you support the candidate or his position on the Iraq War, saying he is a "flip-flopper" and a "disgrace" because some junior level staffer updated the language on his website to better reflect a changing reality is absolutely ridiculous. You make yourself look foolish by trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Way to go, Barack!
I'm so proud that you are resilient and smart enough to take into account what is happening on the ground, and continue to be honest with both yourself and the American people. Appreciate the update on your webpage.

Bring 'em home! Proud to be a supporter…

Flip Flopping again we see!! He was so critical of the surge and now that it is working, he is not so critical anymore. Looks like some bad judgment on Obama's part. McCain was and always will have better judgment.

Substance over Hype!! McCain '08!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone knows that obama is the quick change artist. He is the Van Gogh of Change.

If he isn't throwing someone under the bus, he is changing his position. Now he wants to have a big war in Afghanistan and unilaterally invade Pakistan, a country Mr. Obama, that does have Nuclear Weapons.

I would be afraid to support obama a real honest to goodness green horn. He is full of himself and pimps out his little children for political agenda. He has Jesse and Al Sharpton in his corner and a few more weird characters as well.

The White House should not be turned into a managerie.

Vote McCain 2008

This should make McCain't happy when he reads it. Oh wait, he doesn't even know how to turn on a computer! Nevermind.

Flip-flop, flip-flop! If this is not flip-flopping, what is? All this flip flopping by Senator Obama should be of benefit to Senator McCain's campaign. What do you expect from an inexperienced rookie? The Senator is trying to climb the ladder too fast/too early. Gain experience, then, try again. Definitely, there will not be so many questions after that.

America, stay awake, stay vigilant!

Oh well… At least stay tuned…

The Dems put all of their 2006 political capital for getting elected into hoping that the majority would think that the war was worthless and not worth fighting. A conducive argument to this hope is to say "the war is unwinnable because our strategy has failed, so we should just get out ASAP and hope the Iraqis turn out alright in the end". The dems won in 2006 because they convinced the majority that the surge was failing. If they renege on this slogan of theirs, they will be accused of flip-flopping, and lose their good odds at re-election. Thus they find themselves in a tough situation- admit that they're wrong and have the majority look down on them for taking so long, or hope that the majority will continue to follow them blindly. I think McCain to be the better choice, because he backed the surge and was right about it from the beginning, but Obama has earned my applause for being wiling to admit that he was wrong and has seen the light.

At what human cost is the "surge" working?

Do you have anyone over there for a second or third tour? Do your children call your name in the middle of the night not knowing if you will be coming home again? Have you heard the horrific screams in the middle of the night at the rehab hospitals?

Is it worth it?

It is worth it to those who sacrifice the least or not at all.

Don't forget: Obama is for "change".
Like changing his stance on important issues when presented with FACTS.

We do expect Obama to keep his website current. We also expect that McCain might know how to use the internet. Hey, 1 outta 2 ain't bad!

I love a man who is willing to learn. If GWB had paid attention to facts coming in, we wouldn’t be in a war.

WHAT SURGE? THIS WASN'T ABOUT AMERICA'S SAFETY IT WAS ABOUT THE OIL. YOU DIDO HEADS.

I should Obama should change his name to "flip-flop." The man can't make up his mind.

Guys, seriously, the Messiah did not flip flop. It's obvious. He has just become enlightened on the fact that conditions in Iraq have improved since the surge. Now that he can't say that the surge is failing, he must turn to something else to be critical of. Please Lord Obama, SAVE US! part the seas, and spread magic dust to solve our energy problems.

Obama bashed the troop surge from the moment it was mentioned. If Obama was in charge, the surge never would have happened. He would have started pulling troops out in the middle of the so called Iraq"Civil War"
It would have been a complete mess and we would have left the country in utter chaos. You think $4 a gallon gas is bad, if Obama was in charge, we'd already be at $10 a gallon.

The man of change….. flip-flop….flip-flop…. flip-flop

The surge is working… in Iraq.

It's caused the foreign terrorists to jump over to Afghanistan and get back to fighting us there.

Whoopee!

What is the point? No message is eternal. Each message has its time. When a time for a message is over, the message is removed and replaced by a new one. Everybody and every organization do it. I don't see you posting exactly the same message over and over here. This is not FLIP FLOP

By the way MISSION ACCOMPLISHED from President Bush is the mother of all flip flops and the most costly.

Anything to get elected, he'll change his tune before the elections. You people really think he's going to pull the troops out? he'll pull the ones their out and replace them with new ones from the draft.

McCain "08

Everyone duck. Obama is triangulating again!

I say it again. Obama is being a magician. By getting us to focus on his flip flops, we avoid discussing the radical agenda that Pelosi, Kennedy and Obama will impose on what's left of American Values after the election.

Pay attention Americans, while you still have a country.

One could say that Obama is not a Bush "yes man" like John McCain is.

OMG…he looked at the facts and made a statement…a factual statement. What kind of president relies on facts and logic to make descisions. Boy I tell you only an inexperienced candidate would make a rational statement based on something that is true. How dare he! I don't want the truth, facts, reasoning, logic. I want someone to lie to me. This is why im voting for McCain….NOT

OBAMA "08″

The SURGE did nothing in the long run. It is a FALIURE. You want to bring the number of casualties down?

BRING THEM HOME.

Smart man. So McCain says yes to everything. McCain must think that Iraq war is perfect? Obama knows how to handle the war in Iraq. McCain only knows how to expand the war in Iraq.

John McShame, Obama Is Going to Tax You & Cindy, but Not Me & 95% Americans Making < $250,000/Yr July 15th, 2008 3:57 pm ET
SAID:
smart candidate…when Obama sees improvements, he realigns his strategy; making him the better judgement candidate for president.

Experience with John McShame = losing my mind!!!!!
__________
I AGREE 100%

To FLIP or to FLOP…. that is the question…

What a joke

Yes folks, that is the sound of flip flops.

McCain, please don't go ahead and pick some right wing nut as a running mate. This Dem is willing to vote for you if you keep in moderate.

FLIP FLOP…FLIP FLOP….FLIP FLOP>>>>

No worries, he just "refined" his position………again.

"Nobama"? AND YOU PREFER "McWar"? "McBush 2″? I WOULDN'T MIND IF HE "FLIP FLIOPS" DURING THE PROCESS, I THINK… ISN'T HE THE BEST "CONVENIENT" CHOICE AMERICA HAS? IS THIS OR "MCBUSH" WILL PUSH THE COUNTRY TO A SECOND RECESSION THAT WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD TURN INTO.

UNITED WE'RE STRONGER

OBAMA (P) & CLINTON (VP) 2008-2014

NO TO "BUSH II" (MCCAIN), NO TO MR. WAR, MR. DEATH, MR. OOPS I BUMP MY HEAD, YOU'RE TOO OLD AND YOU ARE "WAR-SICK" SINCE YOU WERE PRISONER IN VIETNAM, YOU WON'T BE PRESIDENT!

"Barack Obama’s campaign revamped the Iraq policy section of its Web site over the weekend, removing a portion highly critical of President Bush’s troop surge policy."

Good job sticking to your guns there B.O. I'd say I'm surprised by this latest shift in stance … but I'm not. He'll say anything, do anything, and throw anyone under the bus if it means he'll climb ahead in the polls. A little bit of honesty and straight talk would be nice.

Sir, you will not get my vote.

you mean current to the latest of the flip-floppers most recent flip-flop. this clown will say anything to get elected. all the truths about this empty suit will soon come out.

Interesting how a story pointing out an Obama flip-flop isn't "filed" under Barack Obama. Hmmm. Was this a mistake, or intentional, CNN?

Here's the importnat point. The "troop surge" is not working …the reduction in violence in Iraq should be credited to the fact that we (the American military) are now paying some 80,000 Iraqi insurgents $10/day not to attack/bomb/shoot at us, and to stand guard at check points, and this "change in strategy" happend exactly when the "troop surge" started. We're not winning in Iraq, we're simply paying the enemy not ot kill us while we wait for a real strategy!

I know a couple of reservists in Iraq. I ask them how dangerous it is, and they say it is quite hazardous. But, the majority of the hazards are concentrated into pockets.

What the surge did was to allow more sorties into these pockets, while giving troops more recovery time between missions. But, they still executed roughly the same number of missions.

The single biggest difference is that somebody finally wised up and went into Sadr City. Did the surge make this possible? What took so long to go across town to engage a battle?

Waiting for Obama to say he is not a democrat anymore. Now he is a republican. Shame on democrats for nominating him!!!!!!!!!!!! He has done nothing but flip flop. Please for the sake of our party, bring back Hillary. I do not care what the polls say because it is the Electoral college that elects our president

Its good to know there is a man like Obama who isn't "stuck" in his ways. "W" and his cronies were always 'stuck" in their way of thinking and look at America now: destroyed.

Latinos for Obama!

This is going to be hilarious to watch the dems squirm as Obama the Clown gets educated on the Iraq situation and realizes that the proper course is to stay and win in Iraq. All you dems that have been frothing at the mouth for us to surrender in Iraq will not get your wish. That has been your biggest justification for supporting this nitwit……now what?

this is the truth about the "surge": the only reason whjy it has worked not because of JM or what the Army did, it is because al Sadr has agreed to a cease fire…..and teh Shi'as and Sunni have also had an inner cease fire…..the surge was only in numbers and cannot take the entire credit for the success of the "surge". If this had been done in the earlier, more people would be alive and our troops would be going after enemy no. 1 Osma Bin Laden!

Obama said the surge would never work. Judgement in action people. Now the war is a 'distraction'. Obama, you are a disgrace.

one must adapt to the everchanging wind.violence may be down ,but,the bush administration has armed the factions to the teeth,and bribed them to stop killing our troops.al-sadr is maintaining a cease-fire,for the moment,but,revamping his soldiers.the problem was created by bush and mccain,but,they attack obama for their failures.

Does not sound like a Flip Flop at all to me, I do not know why we try to make a big deal out of a webpage. McCain said he is for illegal immigration and his page said he is not.

Not creating breathing room for political reconciliation and not working are kind of the same thing, aren't they? Quit your friggin' nit-picking, CNN! But I guess I expect nothing less from the news source that FINALLY had to call the "experienced shot down war hero", McCain, on at least one of his many gaffes in a string of foreign policy blunders. And even if you perceive this a a shift, since when is adjusting your positions to conditions on the ground such bad poilcy? At least Mr. Obama knows the difference between all the countries that begin with the letter "I".

What a complete loser Obama is. Is there any issue on which he will not flip flop? How can anyone trust him? He has made fools out of the liberal left who supported his candidacy based primarily on the issue of the war. He was as wrong on the surge as his fellow liberals, but all of sudden he supports it and even said he knew all along it would work. This man is a complete phony and it's hard to believe even his fervent supporters aren't wondering what the hell he's doing.

I wouldn't vote for you, you idiot, if you were running to be chief flea catcher. You are sooooo stupid and transparent.

I will make it easier on you Obama, the surge did not win any wars, people are still getting killed, less troops went to Afghanistan, and my pizza delivery job is not here anymore. Obama has been very consistent, however, people want it so bad they are willing to see the word "cat" and try to make it sound as if it said "boat"

he's stuck on this one, if he says the surge isnt working, then mccain attacks him for putting down our troops—-which is EXTREMELY hypocritical coming from the military man who votes against relief and fair compensation for our troops and their families!!!

"the solutions in Iraq are political, not military"

obama is 1000% correct on that, and obama and many of us knew that from the start. but there's no money to be made from diplomacy, sanctions, etc…

follow the money, who gained the most from our invasion of iraq??? it's quite the coincidence that we have oilmen and haliburton people in the white house!!! and WHO made BILLIONS from the so-called "war", bush, cheny, and the rest of their filthy gang!!!

smart candidate…when Obama sees improvements, he realigns his strategy; making him the better judgement candidate for president.

Experience with John McShame = losing my mind!!!!!

"Obama, the new waffle. Get him before he 'changes' his mind AGAIN."

Pandering SOD.

Nice one Mr. Flippity McFlop!
Just say Nobama!

I question the effectiveness of the surge. Have conditions improved? The numbers being reported say improvements have been made.

But, are these improvements because of the surge or some other factors? I think other factors are at work. Most prominent among those factors is that most of the violence was ethnic in nature. The cleansing of neighborhoods,, then villages then towns, the cities.

The simple fact of the matter is that most of what cleansing that could be done, has been done. Did the surge have any effect on that?

OH BOY…. ANOTHER FLIP FLOP. THANKS NOBAMA…. I WIN MONEY EVERYTIME YOU FLIP!! MORE GAS IN MY CAR THIS WEEK!
PUMA