Posted on 07/17/2016 10:39:38 AM PDT by Nachum
Two recent foreign policy announcements from the White House signal possible vindication for critics of current Middle East policy.
First, on July 6, President Barack Obama announced he would keep 8,400 troops in Afghanistan past the end of his presidency. Then, he announced on July 11 that he would send 560 additional troops to Iraq, adopting a strategy of U.S. engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan his critics have been advocating since he took office in 2008.
“This period of unprecedented chaos coincides with a period of unprecedented U.S. disengagement in the region,” former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker told Ozy on June 23.
Obama entered office in 2008 hellbent on ending U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for a time it seemed he would succeed. In 2010, despite resounding calls to the contrary, Obama did not push the Iraqi government to extend the U.S. status of forces agreement and precipitously withdrew all U.S. troops from Iraq.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/16/obama-vindicates-8-years-of-foreign-policy-critics-in-one-week/#ixzz4EgmIiqbQ
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In either case 200,000 troops would not be enough. Unless we are willing to send them in their with no restrictions on their ROE (Rules of Engagement) I wouldn’t send a single soldier.
Truly, he’s way over his head!
Sending smattering of troops: “Operation Sitting Ducks”
560 troops. Wow, that’s just major. Really, it is the epitome of impotence.
He doesn’t even read the morning intelligence briefings. Remember, he gets his news updates from the MSM. He has said so.
Agree ....
Just told a friend of mine two days ago that he would do that. Jugears is so predictably full of crap.
Telegraphs or telling how many troops we have anywhere is treasonous, but is Obama’s standard MO.
His information on foreign affairs is based on the best that ESPN can provide.
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