Ibentoken
Don't Tread on Me
No, he did not. The banner did it for him. He did say, Major Combat Operations in Iraq have ended ... and the US and its allies have prevailed.
How many died after his comment, "Major Combat Operations have ended"? Don't play silly games (though I suspect that's the best you can do) and try to nitpick my comments.
How, unless you're willfully ignorant too, read my post above.
Obama is responsible for the current mess because he ignored the advice of military advisors. Sorry
So you don't Bush even the least bit responsible?
And since when do US military advisers get to make decisions for foreign governments?
Obama owns Iraq. He took credit in 2011. You can't take credit for Iraqi success and then blame someone else when it falls apart.
Obama in 2011 8216 We 8217 re Leaving Behind A Stable And Self-Reliant Iraq 8217
Obama was a dumbass for saying "stable and self-reliant". This is the middle east we're talking about, nothing is ever stable over there.
But Obama doesn't own Iraq. ISIS never would have existed in Iraq if Bush hadn't dismantled the Iraqi army after ousting Saddam.
9810997If you aren't and aware of his 2011 speech on Iraq then Google it.
You mean this?
" As I told Prime Minister Maliki, we will continue discussions on how we might help Iraq train and equip its forces -- again, just as we offer training and assistance to countries around the world. After all, there will be some difficult days ahead for Iraq, and the United States will continue to have an interest in an Iraq that is stable, secure and self-reliant. Just as Iraqis have persevered through war, I’m confident that they can build a future worthy of their history as a cradle of civilization."
It rather seems Obama predicted that "After all, there will be some difficult days ahead for Iraq"
Is that why you refused to quote this paragraph yourself? You knew that this is another lie about what Obama said "?
The reading and comprehension skills
are obviously lacking in those who think Obama said Iraq was stable. It is they who turn out to be the liars after all.
Obama removed the last U.S. forces from Iraq in December 2011, he announced that—as he had planned—the U.S. was leaving behind a “sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government.”
It was a "moment of success," he said.
On Feb. 27, 2009, a little more than a month after his first inauguration, Obama gave a speech at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina that the White House entitled, “Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq.”
Obama said then that his strategy was based on the “achievable goal” of a “sovereign, stable and self-reliant” Iraq--and that he intended to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of 2011, as had been envisioned in the Status of Forces agreement negotiated by the Bush Administration.
“Today, I can announce that our review is complete, and that the United States will pursue a new strategy to end the war in Iraq through a transition to full Iraqi responsibility,” said Obama. “This strategy is grounded in a clear and achievable goal shared by the Iraqi people and the American people: an Iraq that is sovereign, stable, and self-reliant. To achieve that goal, we will work to promote an Iraqi government that is just, representative, and accountable, and that provides neither support nor safe-haven to terrorists.”
“And under the Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government, I intend to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011,” said Obama. “We will complete this transition to Iraqi responsibility, and we will bring our troops home with the honor that they have earned.”
Almost three years later, on Dec. 14, 2011, when he was removing the last U.S. troops from Iraq, Obama gave a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Here he said his strategy based on building a sovereign, stable, self-reliant Iraq had succeeded.
“It’s harder to end a war than begin one,” Obama said at Fort Bragg. “Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq--all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding and the building, and the training and the partnering--all of it has led to this moment of success. Now, Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead. But we’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people. We’re building a new partnership between our nations. And we are ending a war not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home. This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.”