Yep, from the former advisor, Emma Sky, to the US military in Iraq-
When you look from 2007 to 2009, all the indicators were in the right direction, the right trajectory, and the Iraqis felt -- and we felt that the worst was behind. In my mind, the biggest mistake made by the Obama administration was actually in 2010, not upholding the election results. It's a very, very close election. Very close election. To everybody’s surprise, it was actually won by the party called Iraqia [ph] headed by Ayad Allawi, and this party was campaigning on a nonsectarian -- no to sectarian platform. People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis. This party won two more votes than Nouri al-Maliki. Maliki couldn’t believe the results. All his advisors have told him that, "You're going to win. You’re going to win big." When the results came in, he was just in shock. He blamed the international community for tampering with the results, he demanded a recount, he started to use debuffication to try and disqualify the Iraqian [ph] leaders, and this went on and on and on for months, and there was a big dispute within the US system which I described in the book, between those who wanted to uphold the election results and give the winning block, Iraqia, the right to have first go at trying to form the government, and those who said look, "Maliki, he’s our guy. I belong to that former group that thought give the winning block the right to have first go in trying to form the government. I didn’t think Ayad Allawi was going to be able to do it himself as Prime Minister, but I thought that negotiation was really important.
Gideon Rose: We give it to Maliki, walked away, and he then destroyed Iraq?
Emma Sky: Well, this is kind of what happens. This is when the Iranian steps in. The Iranians -- they're influence had really gone down during the surge. America was seen as the big player. The Iranians saw this opportunity and they tried to get all the Shia together to support Maliki, but the Shia were coming together, but they would not going to have Maliki as prime minister. In the end, the Iranians went to Lebanese Hezbollah and got Lebanese Hezbollah to pressure the Sadrist to support Maliki. Maliki had really gone off to the Sadrists during the surge, and the Sadrists were like, "Over our dead body," but with Iranian pressure …
Gideon Rose: Quite literally often.
Emma Sky: Quite literally -- with Iranian pressure, with Lebanese Hezbollah helping out, they pressure the Sadrists and they said, "Look, support Maliki as prime minister, we will ensure no US troops will remain in Iraq after 2011." That is what happened. The Iranians brokered the deal, and the price was always going to be no US troops.
Emma Sky on Iraq After the Surge
Actually, it is you that is willfully ignorant, dear lady.
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Iraq was NEVER stabilized. Portions of the country were subdued, but the Iraqi's were just regrouping, and ISIS was building its forces, with help and financing from Al Qaeda. Plus Bush had already agreed that the US would leave in 2010.
The wilful ignorance of the right in regard to Iraq war which Bush fucked up from beginning to end, in the WORST ways possible, never ceases to amaze those of us who watched through an unfiltered media.

"Iraq was stabilized in 2008"
There must be another planet around another sun somewhere in the universe with a country called Iraq on it, because it the Iraq on our planet was a mess in 2008, and the GOP was to blame for it, which is why they lost the White House in 2008. If it was stable , then McCain would have won. Seriously, watching conservatards defend the Iraq War on this board is so cringey. Just shut up already.
It was stabilized in 2008. The surge worked.
Yes it did!
However it was 2007:
Timeline of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 - Wikipedia
Yeap, the surge worked (much to the dismay of the saddam loving left) in 2007 and it was stabilized in 2008.
The obama monster isis grew into a force as he called them a jv team. Using our equipment that we left behind.
Liberals are losers