Discussion: Are Obama Critics Trying To Have it Both Ways Regarding Iraq?

As I read articles like this and this I have one question repeating in my mind, namely: Are you guys not trying to have it both ways? For months Obama has been criticized for not having sufficient foreign policy experience let alone time spent directly in Iraq or Afghanistan.

(Obama critics should know better than to box him into a corner. It was when he was boxed into a corner on Rev. Wright that he made his now famous speech on racism which some hailed as one of the best speeches on race in 20 years)

So Obama calls these critics bluff - if he didn't they'd keep hammering him on the issues - and goes to Iraq and Afghanistan.

What do Obama critics then say? They complain that the media are "in the tank" and "groupies" because they go along on the trip?
I started to respond in both articles but my best answers were deleted when rebutting what turned out to be a Cliff Potter sock puppet.
Let me just ask three questions, which I'll post below and can spark this discussion you guys can have while I head off to jury duty...

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