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"The Iraqis had a chance to keep American troops and said no. Now deal with it."

You are misinformed or don't understand how politics work. The Generals advised Obama to leave a residual force of 15,000 behind. Obama said no and offered to leave 3,000 behind. Maliki saw the writing on the wall and knew he did not have a serious partner so he counter offered that the Americans would have to be under Iraqi law in the SOFA negotiations. Both sides knew they would make offers the other side could not accept so the deal fell apart.

If Obama was serious, he would have accepted the Generals recommendations and believe me, we could have put pressure on Maliki to accept it. Both sides can say hey we tried but couldn't work out a deal. Obama wanted out and he got his wish. Now he has to live with the consequences.