Barack Obama wrote an op-ed in the New York Times today. Now, we know you guys don't have the time or attention span to read newspapers. That's why you read blogs! So, we did you the favor of giving you the abridged version of his piece. You're welcome!

My … Iraq

By BARACK OBAMA

CHICAGO — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki… should seize… the United States…

The deep… Senator John McCain… posed no imminent threat and had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. 4,000 Americans have… spent nearly $1 trillion… from Afghanistan to Al Qaeda to Iran…

In the… Bush… our troops have performed heroically…

But our military has grown… and they have not reached the purpose…

The good news is that… Lt. Gen. James Dubik, the American officer in charge of training Iraq's security forces… will be ready to assume responsibility… in 2009…

Instead of seizing… Bush… Senator McCain… would be turning… Iraqi…

But this is not a strategy for… my first day in office… As I've said many times… [t]hat would be the summer of 2010 – two years from now…

As I have often said, I would consult with… the… volatile… offensive… refugees…

Ending the war is essential to… the Taliban… chairman. [W]e won't have… commitment to Iraq…

As president, I would pursue… a misguided desire to maintain permanent bases in Iraq…

…[T]hey deserve… Senator McCain…

Barack Obama, a United States senator from Illinois, is… presumptive…