The Horse's Mouth

Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs spoke today on Good Morning America to gain favor for his boss for the withdrawal of US combat forces from Iraq. Ever ready to claim credit for the accomplishments of others while always shifting blame for Obama's failings, the ineffectually elusive Gibbs sought to deny all laurels to the last Bush Presidency for the troop surge that turned the tide, and instead attributed whatever success we have enjoyed in Iraq to "the Sunni Awakening", thereby diminishing the sacrifice of more than four thousand American lives in the liberation of twenty-five million Iraqis. To have the chutzpah to credit any group beyond the US military for paving the path to victory shows whatever is emanating from Robert Gibbs is not coming from the horse's mouth, but like all else Team Obama creates, coming from the horse's other end.