OBAMA is on VIDEO admitting he wanted to get out of Iraq with zero US troops left there, yet you ******* inbreds keep claiming Bush and Iraq made him do it.
Iraq's government and Bush set the deadline for withdrawal of
all combat troops before January 1 2012. That cannot be refuted by anyone. Iraq's government decided it would not extend it with the immunity for combat troops that the US requires.
Since Iraq's political leadership wouid not extend the deadline with immunity, Obama had no legal or satisfactory options to keep troops in Iraq.
No it did not when you read the actual document.
It was a scale down of forces with a possible to be announced number of troops to stay behind as "advisors" and help train the rest of the Iraqi army.
I know the far left does not understand these terms such as "combat troops", "advisors", "training forces", etc. So this will not compute to the far left programmed propaganda running now.
Yeah that's feels true, deep down in your gut doesn't it, well until you actually read the document.
Article 24
Withdrawal of the United States Forces from Iraq
Recognizing the performance and increasing capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces, the
assumption of full security responsibility by those Forces, and based upon the strong
relationship between the Parties, an agreement on the following has been reached:
1.
All the United States Forces shall withdraw from all Iraqi territory no later than
December 31, 2011.
2. All United States combat forces shall withdraw from Iraqi cities, villages, and
localities no later than the time at which Iraqi Security Forces assume full responsibility
for security in an Iraqi province, provided that such withdrawal is completed no later than
June 30, 2009.
3. United States combat forces withdrawn pursuant to paragraph 2 above shall be
stationed in the agreed facilities and areas outside cities, villages, and localities to be
designated by the JMOCC before the date established in paragraph 2 above.
4. The United States recognizes the sovereign right of the Government of Iraq to request
the departure of the United States Forces from Iraq at any time. The Government of Iraq
recognizes the sovereign right of the United States to withdraw the United States Forces
from Iraq at any time.
5. The Parties agree to establish mechanisms and arrangements to reduce the number of
the United States Forces during the periods of time that have been determined, and they
shall agree on the locations where the United States Forces will be present.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20081119_SOFA_FINAL_AGREED_TEXT.pdf
