I got an email yesterday from the Obama campaign trupeting the President’s latest triumph – the end of the war in Iraq;<\/p>\n
Yesterday, we accomplished one major change when President Obama announced that all American troops in Iraq will be home before the holidays.<\/p>\n
With that action, the Iraq war will end. And one of the President’s central promises will have been kept.<\/p>\n
Both as Americans and as supporters of President Obama, this is something for us to reflect on, and be proud of.:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, it would be a triumph, except for a couple of points – first of all, it was the Bush Administration that negotiated the withdrawal. <\/p>\n
Secondly, during the campaign Obama promised that the US would be out of Iraq in 16 months after he took office – so here we are 34 months after he took office. <\/p>\n
Third, the only reason that troops will be out of Iraq by Christmas only because the Obama Administration was unable to negotiate successfully a Status Of Forces Agreement with Iraq which would protect US forces there…an agreement that every administration since World War II has been able to negotiate with host nations for their own protection.<\/p>\n
So with the resurgence of Mookie al Sadr looming and the continued interference in Iraqi security by Iran, we’re supposed to be prooud that our troops are all withdrawing so we can return to iraq in several years when it all goes to shit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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