'Message to Obama: We Were Greeted as Liberators'

Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science and executive director of the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College, takes exception with Sen. Barack Obama rewriting history for political gain.

Obama continues to belittle the accomplishments of U.S. troops in Iraq. His inability to distinguish between fact and fiction is a trouble trait in somebody who wants to be commander-in-chief.

From an op-ed by Dr. Kengor "Message to Obama: We Were Greeted as Liberators" --

A casualty of the left's hatred for President George W. Bush has been a destructive inability to separate fact from fiction in the ongoing history of the war in Iraq. The latest case, which, sadly, has dug its way into the head of the Democratic presidential nominee, is the allegation that American troops, when they liberated Baghdad in April 2003, were not welcome as liberators. This inaccurate appraisal, shocking given that it's made by people who watched the liberation on TV, was leveled again on Tuesday evening by Barack Obama for the second time in consecutive presidential debates. Both times, Obama criticized John McCain for predicting that Americans would be greeted as liberators in Iraq.

To read the full column, visit the center's Web site.