Barack Obama Did Not End the War in Iraq
6th September 2012
The last U.S. troops left Iraq in December 2011, while Barack Obama was president, but the “status of forces agreement” that governed the departure of U.S. troops was actually negotiated between Iraqi and U.S. officials in late 2008, under the auspices of President George W. Bush. In fact, none other than the Huffington Post actually pointed out that as president, Obama was actually interested in keeping troops in Iraq past the agreed-upon 2011 deadline, explaining that “the president ultimately had no choice but to stick to candidate Obama’s plan — thanks, of all things, to an agreement signed by George W. Bush.” Just six months before the Bush deadline, Obama tried to foist 10,000 U.S. troops on the Iraqis past 2011.
September 6th, 2012 at 08:32
“Barack Obama Did Not End the War in Iraq”
Nor did he start it, without which an ending would not have been necessary.
September 6th, 2012 at 15:35
The point is that everybody in the Democrat Party is praising him for ending it. This is in line with all of the other things he didn’t accomplish and yet gets praised for. But, of course, you haven’t got anything to say about that, so throwing in an irrelevant aside is about the best you can do.
September 6th, 2012 at 19:31
“This is in line with all of the other things he didn’t accomplish and yet gets praised for.”
Such as?
(And note: *I* do not praise him for ending the war in Iraq. He should have done it immediately upon taking office.)