Aaron
Sure they were there... But after the surge, they weren't flourishing, they were on the ropes.
Obama gave them a second chance, and isn't too serious about destroying them now.
And if ISIS is a threat to us, they need to be taken out, politics be damned.
Bush and the Iraqis gave them a second chance. We invaded, stayed for over ten years, and the Iraqis asked us to leave. Bush signed the SOFA, and we agreed. Obama followed through on that agreement long before ISIS became a formidable force. Now ISIS has control of one-third of Iraq and Syria, and we are supposed to send our troops in again to die in both countries?
And you just proven that you are a partisan hack!
Admit Obama is a fail leader!