OBAMA'S CRACK STAFF TRIES TO REMOVE ALL CRITICISM OF IRAQ SURGE FROM ITS WEBSITE

Earlier today the New York Times reported:

Barack Obama's campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq, the Daily News has learned.

The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a "problem" that had barely reduced violence.

"The surge is not working," Obama's old plan stated, citing a lack of Iraqi political cooperation but crediting Sunni sheiks - not U.S. military muscle - for quelling violence in Anbar Province.

It seems, however, that Obama's crack staff has left some residue behind. Obama's site still has this Iraq "civil war" comment on his site:

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