One of George W Bush's only good decisions was to avoid publicly "bashing" his successor. I doubt he did much bashing here. I think the OP wants to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Again so easy to read...
George W. Bush Bashes Obama on Middle East - Bloomberg View
Bush then went into a detailed criticism of Obama’s policies in fighting the Islamic State and dealing with the chaos in Iraq. On Obama’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops in Iraq at the end of 2011, he quoted Senator Lindsey Graham calling it a “strategic blunder.” Bush signed an agreement with the Iraqi government to withdraw those troops, but the idea had been to negotiate a new status of forces agreement to keep U.S. forces there past 2011.
The Obama administration tried and failed to negotiate such an agreement.
The 1998 Liberation of Iraq, SIGNED by CLINTON, and the Congress passed Resolution of 2002 (Public law 107-243, 116 Stat. 1497-1502)
"Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq " "Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 is a United States Congressional statement of policy calling .
"It should be the policy of the United States to
support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime."
On December 16, 1998, President Bill Clinton mandated Operation Desert Fox, a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets.
NOTE that AFTER Bush took office the mainstream media called the Liberation of Iraq the "Invasion of Iraq" which words have meaning and consequently more and more idiots obviously NEVER heard of the 1998 Liberation of Iraq act signed by Clinton.
Finally how many people would interpret the term "Cease Fire" as a temporary stoppage of any firing of weapons?
All of us would...that is intelligent people ...not LIPs!
And that was another reason for resuming "Desert Storm" as Saddam broke the 1991 Cease Fire numerous times.
So for you LIPs that still can't follow..
1991 Cease Fire broken several times by Saddam
1998 Liberation of Iraq Act gave authorization for military force against Iraq,
Finally after 3,000 deaths, trillions of $$s destroyed property,businesses,etc. and ensuing Anthrax attacks all fingers pointing towards Saddam... BUT
it took several years until 2003 to fulfill the above agreements!