They are enforcing the status of forces agreement that was agreed to during the Bush administration. Iraq is finally stable enough, and the Iraqi forces are strong enough to patrol the country on their own. This is a direct result of Bush's surge. This result is also in direct contradiction to what Obama predicted would happen when the surge started. Obama wanted U.S. troops to leave in order to force the Iraqis to fix their political differences. As if fixing political differences would stop suicide bombers. Force was what fixed this war, not political maneuvering, twitter, freedom of the press, or Obama's beloved diplomacy. Brute force, boots on the ground made Iraq secure enough for Iraq to fix its problems. Obama had it in reverse order. Just like he does now. Negotiating alone will not get Iran, or any of our enemies, to change. A credible threat of, or actual show of force is the only thing that will make negotiations effectual.
Just as we can't give Obama credit for a peaceful Iraq, we also can't reasonably blame him for the bad economy. We can blame him for what he is doing to it right now to prolong and deepen it, but being in this situation is not his fault.
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You are so pushy!! Tell me, where do you get your facts, the proof that backs this blog?
For this entry I didn't go and track down a video for every thing I said. But Obama repeatedly said during the election and when the surge started, January 2007, that it wouldn't fix Iraq and that we needed to leave. He was dead wrong.
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