Obama Adviser David Axelrod: If Barack Had Not Opposed Iraq War, he would never have been elected POTUS

[basquebromance]

Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq

The War That Never Happened

Today is the 19th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. It was a catastrophic, illegal, murderous war — and Joe Biden was one its most important cheerleaders.

jacobinmag.com

 

[basquebromance]

"i'm a black guy named Barack Hussein Obama and I'm POTUS, i feel lucky every day"

 

[surada]

Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq

The War That Never Happened

Today is the 19th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. It was a catastrophic, illegal, murderous war — and Joe Biden was one its most important cheerleaders.

jacobinmag.com

This is crazy... self-delusion. Before the invasion of Iraq it was rejected by Arabs, oilmen, diplomats, historians, the French, military brass and all the American expats in the middle east
Trying to blame it on Biden or Hillary or Obama is a desperate lie.

 

[tyroneweaver]

Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq

The War That Never Happened

Today is the 19th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. It was a catastrophic, illegal, murderous war — and Joe Biden was one its most important cheerleaders.

jacobinmag.com

what about benghazi and lybia as a whole.

 

[surada]

what about benghazi and lybia as a whole.

There was no stopping the Arab Spring in Libya. Libya is very tribal and the tribes hated Gaddafi for 40 years. We didn't get involved until all the oil companies and embassies had pulled out and refugees were pouring into Italy. Gaddafi promised a bloodbath. Unless the US put thousands of occupation troops in Libya we couldn't change the course of events. Even the Arab states were begging us to stop the carnage. There's never been a US consulate in Benghazi. The Annex was a listening post to try and identify tribes that might support a return to the idris constitution which was very enlightened before Gaddafi threw it out. Libya wasn't about the gold dinar or the central bank or moving weapons.

 

[Anomalism]

"i'm a black guy named Barack Hussein Obama and I'm POTUS, i feel lucky every day"

Bigoted people always out themselves by making skin color a relevant part of the discussion when it didn't need to be.

 

[basquebromance]

Bigoted people always out themselves by making skin color a relevant part of the discussion when it didn't need to be.

i know...it's kinda like making your nickname "basquebromance" lol

 

[pknopp]

Funny.........everyone realizes iraq was a mistake but we are still there?

 

[Turtlesoup]

Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq

The War That Never Happened

Today is the 19th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. It was a catastrophic, illegal, murderous war — and Joe Biden was one its most important cheerleaders.

jacobinmag.com

Obama was just a puppet ----------who regularly voted PRESENTED instead of yeah or nay-----a mindless puppet.

 

[surada]

Obama was just a puppet ----------who regularly voted PRESENTED instead of yeah or nay-----a mindless puppet.

Obama was a damned good man and president

 

[Penelope]

He was debating against what Scott Ridder suspicions he found and caused him to retire.
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Ritter "ran intelligence operations for the United Nations"[7] from 1991 to 1998 as a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq in the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), which was charged with finding and destroying all weapons of mass destruction and WMD-related manufacturing capabilities in Iraq. He was chief inspector in fourteen of the more than thirty inspection missions in which he participated.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq

The War That Never Happened

Today is the 19th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. It was a catastrophic, illegal, murderous war — and Joe Biden was one its most important cheerleaders.

jacobinmag.com

No, he presided over the culmination of his policies, the Rise of ISIS, the near 2nd Fall of Iraq to Terrorists, and a resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Funny.........everyone realizes iraq was a mistake but we are still there?

What proved to be the huge mistake was our withdrawal.

 

[Penelope]

Mr Ritter, a troublemaker?

WILLIAM SCOTT RITTER, JR.: Again, I'm not going to avoid the issue. The bottom line is that because of Iraq's choosing, they have painted me as a troublemaker in an effort to distract the world's attention away from its failure-Iraq's failure to abide by its disarmament obligations. Online NewsHour: Scott Ritter -- August 31, 1998

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Bigoted people always out themselves by making skin color a relevant part of the discussion when it didn't need to be.

Those are Obama's own words.

CNN.com - Transcripts

 

[pknopp]

Obama was a damned good man and president

That lied about Libya, Syria, Lobbyists, health care, prosecuting the banks, addressing immigration, etc.

 

[pknopp]

What proved to be the huge mistake was our withdrawal.

When should we have gave the people of Iraq the right to vote in our elections?

 

[Big Bend Texas]

When should we have gave the people of Iraq the right to vote in our elections?

That's a really stupid question.

Our pullout created ISIS and Iraq damned near fell as a result.

Are we better off as a nation with ISIS spreading like a Plague and controlling trillions of dollars in petroleum or with them eradicated and Iraq finally getting it's shit together with our help?

 

[there4eyeM]

This is crazy... self-delusion. Before the invasion of Iraq it was rejected by Arabs, oilmen, diplomats, historians, the French, military brass and all the American expats in the middle east
Trying to blame it on Biden or Hillary or Obama is a desperate lie.

Well, Clinton and Biden voted for it, so they aren't without guilt. The primary culprits, though, are the Bush League. We who opposed that crime foresaw a day such as this when it would be thrown back in the face of the U.S. by some other power that wished to do as it pleased. Congratulations to all those responsible.

 

[surada]

That lied about Libya, Syria, Lobbyists, health care, prosecuting the banks, addressing immigration, etc.

Back up. You don't know anything about Libya or Syria. Nobody could save Gaddafi and Syria was in free fall since 2005. Obama deported more illegals than Bush or Trump. The US didn't want the Arab Spring, but had no magical solution to stop it... And we would have preferred the status quo.