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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nSo, now that the Iraq situation has become desperate, the old Obama crew are throwing fingers at each other deflecting the blame. The latest is Leon Panetta, who blames Obama for not listening to him during the negotiations with Iraq over the status of forces agreement. According to CNN<\/a>;<\/p>\n “Those on our side viewed the White House as so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve our influence and interests,” he said in excerpts of the book released by Time Magazine. He writes that his views were shared by other military commanders in the region and the Joint Chiefs of Staff but he believes that the Commander-in-Chief could have done more.<\/p>\n “Officials there seemed content to endorse an agreement if State and Defense could reach one, but without the President’s active advocacy, al-Maliki was allowed to slip away. The deal never materialized,” writes Panetta.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, well, where was the criticism at the time of the negotiations failure? Why didn’t he call out the administration and their failures at the time to change the course of history instead of waiting until now and look like a whiny little girl? In Time<\/a>, Panetta writes;<\/p>\n My fear, as I voiced to the President and others, was that if the country split apart or slid back into the violence that we\u2019d seen in the years immediately following the U.S. invasion, it could become a new haven for terrorists to plot attacks against the U.S. Iraq\u2019s stability was not only in Iraq\u2019s interest but also in ours. I privately and publicly advocated for a residual force that could provide training and security for Iraq\u2019s military.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I opposed Panetta’s occupation of that office because I knew he wouldn’t do the job that needed to be done, he’d be a good little soldier for Obama. But, now he’s being a good little soldier for Hillary Clinton. Now American soldiers face greater danger than they would have if they had remained in Iraq in sufficient numbers. Now they’re in Iraq to save the reputation of the cowards, like Panetta who couldn’t summon the courage to make decisions when it could have made a difference.<\/p>\n Now, Panetta and Gates look like 12-year-old girls on Facebook. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nIraqi refugees flock to Jordan<\/p>\n