Obama was just on TV talking about the situation in Iraq, he's fucking clueless.
He dropped food to Christians stranded in the mountains by ISIS and authorized Airstrikes against them. Any problems with that???
Other than the fact the only reason he had to do a food drop and authorize strikes is because of his massive failure in Iraq? No.
So we keep troops there forever ,great plan
We keep some troops behind indefinitely, just like Germany and South Korea. Great plan.
The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq) was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011
Better plan say out and save 4000 lifes and a couple trillion dollars,bushes nation building
Thats right he took over georgie boys fuck up
Brahahaha iraq was never going to end up a success,you live in a dream world
The surge worked. You can argue against history, but you're going to lose.
You realize the surge was going to be temporary bushes nation building was never going to work
Germany and SK quite a bit different. Stupid plan and silly comparison.
Long term? NOT
Looks the same to me. And it wasn't my idea or comparison. Heard senior military folks talk about it, and they recommended it. I agree with them. And unfortunately, they were right. One division, or even a brigade or two could have prevented what is happening now. The failure to leave troops in place, as we did in Germany and South Korea, resulted in the current situation, which as one old vet told me looks pretty similar to what happened in Vietnam.
It worked long term, because we stopped the insurgency and dramatically decreased violence, which allowed us to draw down. Is it working today? Obviously not because our Commander in Chief is a failure.