Why did Obama hand Mosul back to jihad in the first place? We won it under Bush, why did Obama make us pay for it twice????
The deal was struck when Bush signed an agreement with Iraq to pull out US troops and a time schedule a month before Obama came into office
You mean when your Obama surrendered....
No, I meant what I posted, which you can not refute because it is accurate. The agreement signed by Bush a month before he left office lacked a SOFA, status of forces agreement, which protects in country US forces from legal consequences and prosecution of alleged crimes and incidents while serving in a country.
Let's be careful about selective history ---
What you say is true. However, you are only telling half the story. Khalaki had agreed to a SOFA arrangement, but was taking internal political heat for being an "American puppet". The agreement was signed in order to give him political cover.
The agreement contained a clause that allowed continued negotiation on a SOFA agreement. Obama "attempted" to negotiate, but was unable to make a deal. (Those of us involved at DoD believe he didn't 'negotiate', and wasn't interested in closing the deal - he was only interested in using SOFA as an excuse to meet his campaign promise).
Further, three days prior to Obama's announcement, Khalaki offered a 1 year extension of the then current SOFA so they could continue to negotiate. Obama turned down the extension, and pulled the troops out, creating a vacuum that led to the rise of ISIS.
Obama had delusions of going down in history as the great peacemaker, but he forgot that peace only comes thru strength. Instead, he is going down in history as a pacifistic **** up.