Obama’s Failure in Iraq

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Front Page Magazine:

In last Monday night’s (10/22/12) presidential debate at Lynn College in Boca Raton, FL, foreign policy was the topic, and as in previous debates and numerous speeches, President Barack Hussein Obama hailed as a victory his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. Republican challenger Mitt Romney, for his part, failed to capitalize (intentionally or not) on the disaster that has become American policy in Iraq.

Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003. An agreement signed by Iraq and the U.S. during the Bush administration called for the complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops by Dec. 31, 2011, however, the document left the door open for further talks that could have postponed the end date. The Iraq war cost the American taxpayer $806 billion according to the Congressional Research Service, and 4287 American lives (as of December 2009). President Obama withdrew the last of our U.S. troops from Iraq in December 2011. (The only U.S. military presence left in Iraq were 157 soldiers responsible for training at the U.S. embassy, as well as a small contingent of marines protecting the diplomatic mission.)

President George W. Bush, who inaugurated the war, was able to remove the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power and restore Iraq to its people. The government of the majority-Shiite Muslims, led by Shiite Muslim Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has gravitated towards Iran, in effect, making Iraq a satellite of Tehran – during President Obama’s term in office. When viewing the world through Al-Maliki’s lenses, one sees that he preferred to follow the “strong horse,” his fellow Shiite neighbor Iran, rather than the “weak horse” and indecisive “infidel” and distant U.S. under Obama.

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@Geee! Found this one item, in support of Obama's efforts in Iraq / Afghanistan:

 

US Marines Rescue Taliban Sex Slaves

H/T:TheoSpark

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