conix, American voters wanted troops out of Iraq, and the Iraqi parliament agreed .. by now you should know all of this and i know by experience it's a waste of time giving it to you, and SoxFan has really covered it well, so really this just to have a more recent bit of a summary here for others who might be tempted to continue blaming Obama for the Iraq withdrawal.
First Jeb's
"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq. — Jeb Bush on Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 in a response to a question after a town hall meeting
--- DICK CHENEY (1/4/2009): We've now entered into a strategic framework agreement with the Iraqis that calls for ultimately the U.S. completion of the assignment, withdrawal of our forces from Iraq. All of those things, I think by anybody's standard, would be ... (coughs) excuse me, evidence of significant success. --- http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=109586314
Other than the invasion itself, then of course the anti-Baathification stuff up, yet again, by Bush's administration
Well because we had and ignorant POTUS that didn't even know that there were more than one type of Muslim and had no idea what he was doing we got this SNAFU. Once Cheney made the decision to disband the bathists our fate and the Iraqi fate was sealed. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=124519238
Yep.
...Iraq didn't want us there anymore. Let's face it .. it seems there are some countries and some people who are bound to lose. Listen to this ____Iraq’s Government, Not Obama, Called Time on the U.S. Troop Presence http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=124518757
One more.
Obama wanted to keep at least 10Ks in Iraq. The original withdrawal of all troops was negotiated by Bush. Obama stuck to Bush's agreement after Iraq refused t give our troops that would have remained behind immunity from Iraqi prosecution. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=124525259
so for you to continue blaming Obama, for attempting to keep his election promise and for the lack of cooperation of the Iraqi parliament, and for Bush's deal with Iraq re withdrawal, is beyond the pale.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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