Posted on Aug 11, 2014
President Obama: Pulling all U.S. troops out of Iraq was not 'my decision'
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Deniability seems to be how this administrations deals with situations that don't bode well with their ideas, actions and decisions. I suppose if you fire enough generals you can find one that agrees with you. Then you can blame them for the decision to leave. IMHO! But if this administration is not to blame who is?
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There has to be more the story. did he stop there or he continued by saying they were not able to reach an agreement with the Iraqi gvnt? let's get the whole story.
Going to Iraq was a wrong move in the first place.
Going to Iraq was a wrong move in the first place.
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Don't believe a SOF would have made any difference. The whole campaign was run on the premise of getting the troops out of Iraq. Right or wrong it is what the President wanted. He accomplished that task so take credit for it. One must take responsibility for their actions and not hide or shift blame when those actions fail or go wrong. And the idea it was the wrong move going to Iraq will be debated for decades.
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SGT Jay Ehrenfeld
this his war his decision he is a baby boomer will denied denied denied he will take no responsible for his action or his people action of course he will denied he saying anything
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SGT Jay Ehrenfeld
Lt. that is their poor excuse they drop the ball on this one the inner circle V. Jarrett told him don't push it bring the troop out this the person receive SS P. even through she not required to have one. He listen to her as she his wife and or she is the president like Hillary did to Bill
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working in Ophthalmology I found this quote funny and use it for my email signatures. Your quote above reminded me of it.
"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."
- Jim Carrey
"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."
- Jim Carrey
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SSgt Olson. This entire sad affair has devolved into administration effort to pressure regime change along the lines we may prefer without any adequate comprehension of how inappropriate and ineffectual our preference may be on the ground in country. Our implicit promise is that we will reengage if we get the regime change we want. All this public posturing is designed to justify direct reengagement instead of what we promised which was to rely on Iraq's domestic forces. The dangling of Iraq and US citizens in harm's way is just a first gambit to excuse deeper and deeper reengagement. There is no good reason not to have evac'd all of the people at the greatest risk by now. This godawful scenario is just a matter of time now. Warmest Regards, Sandy
p.s. I may be getting a bit jaded as I grow increasingly long in the tooth. Maybe because I have seen this all played out before. We appear never to learn from our own historic mistakes.
p.s. I may be getting a bit jaded as I grow increasingly long in the tooth. Maybe because I have seen this all played out before. We appear never to learn from our own historic mistakes.
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MSgt (Join to see) This is the problem with politics that each side knows how to spin and be technically correct. As long as we have riders on the defense bill and other bills, we will have these tag along issues that make them all look incorrect. In my opinion, today's White House is particularly adroit at damage control and down right fabrications of truth.
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When the last troops were pulled out of Iraq, Obama claimed all responsibility because everything appeared fine at the time. And then, when it was shown for the mistake it was, he changed his tune. Of course, he changes his tune more often than I change my skivvies...
It was a mistake to go there in the first place, but to come out when and how we did was a bigger mistake, one that he is no longer copping to
It was a mistake to go there in the first place, but to come out when and how we did was a bigger mistake, one that he is no longer copping to
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Iraq’s Government, Not Obama, Called Time on the U.S. Troop Presence | TIME.com
President Barack Obama's announcement on Friday that all 40,000 U.S. troops still in Iraq will leave the country by New Year's Eve will, inevitably, draw howls of derision from GOP presidential hopefuls -- this is, after all, early election season.
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He gave the order yes, but the Iraqis refused to sign the status of forces agreement.
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