Washington Post Slams Obama for Opposing Success of Iraq Troop Surge

By Brit Hume Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Posting an Attack Barack Obama continues to take heat from one of the more reliably liberal newspapers in the country. A Washington Post editorial slammed Obama Wednesday for his plan to redeploy U.S. troops from Iraq on a 16-month timetable and his reluctance to admit that the troop surge was a success. "He says that because Iraq is 'a distraction' from more important problems, U.S. resources devoted to it must be curtailed... will Iraq be written off because Mr. Obama does not consider it important enough?" The Post says that Obama continues to shop his withdrawal plan even after admitting that General David Petraeus does not want a timetable. Obama has even said there are "deep concerns" about his own plan. The Post says that it would be "more reassuring if Mr. Obama were not rigidly and stubbornly maintaining his opposition to the successful 'surge' of the past 16 months."