Back to Iraq

I forgot to tell you - Barack says he is going back to Iraq.

FLINT, Mich. - Barack Obama says he is going to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election.

The presumed Democratic presidential nominee said he spoke with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today about the war and told him he looks forward to seeing him in Baghdad.

Obama has said before he was considering a trip, but his comment to reporters today was his first firm declaration that he will be making the trip. He said more details will be announced shortly.

I'd feel much better about him as a candidate if he'd finish his term in the senate, spend a few years in the military, add a couple of terms as a governor somewhere, then run for President.