Posted on 06/19/2014 4:06:07 PM PDT by Nachum
Asked if he had any regrets about not leaving a residual force in Iraq, Obama advised reporters to Keep in mind, that wasnt a decision made by me. That was a decision made by the Iraqi government.
Back in 2011, Obama proudly touted the small number of troops remaining in Iraq as one of his foremost accomplishments. When I came into office, he boasted at the time, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end. As Commander in Chief, I ended our combat mission last year and pledged to keep our commitment to remove all our troops by the end of 2011. To date, weve removed more than 100,000 troops from Iraq.
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Bull Crap. It indeed was Obamas decision to NOT use force majeur. What an idiot.
Not only was that decision made by the Iraqi government but Obama found out about it while reading the New York Times.
The Iraqi government wanted 10,000 and didn't agree to 3,000 because that number would basically be worthless in maintaining the peace long term...
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