[ansel12]

Do you really want to start measuring our military involvement in an area by time?

Obama has done that and pulled us out for no good reason, we are still in Germany and Korea and Japan, and that was useful, we protected and reshaped those countries.

[Alberta's Child]

The Status of Forces agreement between the U.S. and Iraq was signed by President Bush in 2008. Under the terms of this agreement, all U.S. combat forces would be withdrawn from Iraq by December 31st of 2011.

I'm certainly no fan of Barack Hussein Obama, but it's pathetic for any so-called "conservative" to blame him for something that was signed, sealed and delivered by his Republican predecessor before he ever took office.

I guess I can understand why so many folks on this site can't bring themselves to admit that the U.S. campaign in Iraq was a complete disaster under George W. Bush, but the facts clearly indicate that this was the case.