“It was already negotiated and signed before he took office.”
It was being “renegotiated” to leave a sustaining force for the transition. There was no serious effort to complete this, however.
“It was being “renegotiated” to leave a sustaining force for the transition. There was no serious effort to complete this, however.”
One of the biggest reasons, as I recall, was because Iraq would not agree to immune our troops from prosecution and the fact that they wanted us out.