See if you can make any sense of this. Here was Barack Obama in an article in the New York Times today:

In the 18 months since President Bush announced the surge, our troops have performed heroically in bringing down the level of violence. New tactics have protected the Iraqi population, and the Sunni tribes have rejected Al Qaeda — greatly weakening its effectiveness.

He’s saying, shockingly, that the surge has worked. In saying so, he joined the ranks of John Murtha, Hillary Clinton, and others who have acknowledged the great progress made as a result of the move. John McCain, by MSNBC’s admission, was on the forefront of pushing the successful policy that turned the situation in Iraq around.

So here’s top Obama advisor Susan Rice on a conference call today:

“He’s been wrong every step of the way, and he’s wrong again today… He’s fundamentally disconnected from reality.”

Obama admits that the plan McCain pushed was successful, then his top advisor comes out and says he’s been wrong every step of the way. Am I missing something here? Is there a severe disconnect within Team Obama?

In a statement attacking McCain for supposedly factually incorrect statements, Team Obama claims:

Obama has Repeatedly said that The Tactic of a Surge Could Reduce Violence, But Has Not achieved its Goal Of Politcal Reconciliation…

Someone should’ve told Obama that he’s always said the surge would reduce violence:

They then go on to say:

Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months.

What they don’t mention is that “military experts” also say that that withdrawal would require leaving behind a devastating amount of heavy equipment. Take note that Obama also quoted “military experts” when he said the surge wouldn’t work.