deltex1
Gold Member
I'm not here to defend Bush. I would have killed every iraqi that looked cross eyed at me or didn't do exactly what I ordered. I am here to attack Obabble for not seeing what needed to be done... And for not having the balls to do it. He was in a position to make a far more rational judgement about what needed to be done. He wimped out.The situation then became manageable. Knowing the factions had been fighting got 2000 years we thought it prudent to keep forces there to monitor progress
Then why didn't Bush get a long term SOFA deal in 2008 that lasted long enough for Americans to keep dying so Iraqi males could sip tea in Baghdad cafés and hang out with their Iranian friends and business partners. Bush surrendered control of what US troops could do and where they could go and it was all up to Maliki. Bush agreed that US troops would be out of Iraq cities by June 2009. They had to leave cities or the Iraqis were going to call off the deal entirely. Your Bush screwed the pooch if your dream was to keep Americans dying in Iraq for decades. He failed to get a long term deal like Obama got for Afghanistan.
Your charade of a strategy is coming undone even to the casual observer. The strategy where Americans fight and die for Iraq's freedom so Iraqis don't have to.