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The war is ending with less fanfare than previously seemed possible.
That, and too many are too busy finding fault with the POTUS regardless of what he does - so I think he's just doing his job without looking for or expecting any thanks.
Conservative:
You are correct. The SOFA agreement was established under GWB's administration, not under Obama's. Our troops have been withdrawn from several cities already since the summer of 2009 as the timeline called for. Obama DID vote against the surge and is now praising it - of course any politician can change his/her mind but O will take credit for anything good that GWB established and use GWB as a whipping boy for his own failures.
Nobody expects O to turn things around over night, but let's stop the childish "it's all GWB's fault" to cover his own flaws. He only comes across as tripping over his own feet when he does that.
Now that is funny, thanks for the laugh on a Sunday morning. It really is sad that so many people buy the rhetoric from this empty suit and ignore actual history and results. Candidate Obama was against the surge that created the situation that allowed the U.S. to leave Iraq and it was General Petraeus that initiated this program back in 2007 that set the sights on a withdrawal date that Obama is implementing. Thank you, President Bush, for the win in Iraq! Think our empty suit President will give due credit?
Now Petraeus is back to save us in Afghanistan as Obama fired his hand picked choice to win the war there. Again, President Bush's choice comes to the rescue. Why do liberals ignore actual history and results when it comes to this campaigner in chief?
Can someone please show me where Obama is taking credit for this or the surge...
Oh you can't? Good. Maybe that's because Obama isn't a war mongering chest thumping dip ****.
Obama isn't taking credit for the surge nor is he giving credit for the surge. His supporters are giving him credit for pulling troops out of Iraq and he hasn't corrected them. The act of omission.
He should give credit where credit is due, but perhaps without the partisan snobbery. Lets not also forget the several year it took the US, with Bush as President, to figure out how to even make progress in Iraq and Afghanistan. A lot of mistakes were made and a lot of Bush plans regarding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were clearly wrong, just like Obama's statements against the surge proved to be wrong.
In the end however all one can truly say is that no one is perfect, give credit where credit is due, and for the situation in Iraq Obama was presented, he certainly has handled it well for as long as he has been President even if it was a simpler matter than it was a few years ago.
HE IS the one pulling them out... He could have rescinded on that promise but he didn't. I think that's what it's more about....
That, and too many are too busy finding fault with the POTUS regardless of what he does - so I think he's just doing his job without looking for or expecting any thanks.
First US soldier killed in Iraq since withdrawal of combat troops
Attack comes amid growing concern that security will deteriorate further after spate of bombings and shootingsSunday, 22
An American soldier was killed by a rocket strike near Basra today, in the first US fatality since the last combat troops left Iraq. The announcement came amid growing concern that the withdrawal of combat forces will allow security in Iraq to further deteriorate. The past three months have seen a spate of bombings and shootings in the centre and north of the country .
What has he done well in Iraq, he was left with one task the political solution and he has failed. Iraq has been won militarily but Obama has failed to influence the formation of a govt. So you tell me what Obama has actually accomplished in Iraq?
The Iraqi government has been formed for years now, well before Obama was in office, where have you been? Or am I missing your point?
As for the long term political solution, he is following for the most part the Bush plan he inherited, and there's nothing wrong with it because its a good plan. It was also pretty much set in stone because the Iraqi and US gov'ts agreed to this pullout date and this troop level while Bush was President. But since its a good plan and has obviously shown progress, neither the Iraqi or US governments seek to change it, which can be credited to Obama. He looked at the situation, and changed his mind on his original campaign promise to have the troops out by 2009, and instead went back to the Bush plan. He made a decision, he happened to decide upon a pre-existing plan rather than make up his own, but regardless he made a decision. That is a decision he will be credited with, for better or worse.
But so far it has worked well so, so far he gets positive marks. Now if it turns out, as some people are saying, that Iraq will return to the violence of the past after more of the remaining troops leave than we will examine this decision by Obama again and perhaps re-judge it.
And don't get wrong, the lion's share of the credit for success goes to Gates, Pretraeus, even Bush for ultimately deciding upon the surge and the way those extra troops were used. However to them and others so goes much of the blame too, the post invasion Iraq was a god awful mess and it was so specifically because we had no idea how to control that situation.
So for what Obama has done, which isn't much in comparison to so many others, he deserves the credit and blame for what has happened and what will happen since he took office.
Can someone please show me where Obama is taking credit for this or the surge...
Oh you can't? Good. Maybe that's because Obama isn't a war mongering chest thumping dip ****.
The Iraqi government has been formed for years now, well before Obama was in office, where have you been? Or am I missing your point?
As for the long term political solution, he is following for the most part the Bush plan he inherited, and there's nothing wrong with it because its a good plan. It was also pretty much set in stone because the Iraqi and US gov'ts agreed to this pullout date and this troop level while Bush was President. But since its a good plan and has obviously shown progress, neither the Iraqi or US governments seek to change it, which can be credited to Obama. He looked at the situation, and changed his mind on his original campaign promise to have the troops out by 2009, and instead went back to the Bush plan. He made a decision, he happened to decide upon a pre-existing plan rather than make up his own, but regardless he made a decision. That is a decision he will be credited with, for better or worse.
But so far it has worked well so, so far he gets positive marks. Now if it turns out, as some people are saying, that Iraq will return to the violence of the past after more of the remaining troops leave than we will examine this decision by Obama again and perhaps re-judge it.
And don't get wrong, the lion's share of the credit for success goes to Gates, Pretraeus, even Bush for ultimately deciding upon the surge and the way those extra troops were used. However to them and others so goes much of the blame too, the post invasion Iraq was a god awful mess and it was so specifically because we had no idea how to control that situation.
So for what Obama has done, which isn't much in comparison to so many others, he deserves the credit and blame for what has happened and what will happen since he took office.
HE IS the one pulling them out... He could have rescinded on that promise but he didn't. I think that's what it's more about....
That's exactly what it's about. No matter what he does he's going to be wrong, soooo; I just consider the source and move on.
It was a bad idea to up-n-leave, when Bush inacted this plan. Sorry, but it's not all about Obama.
Several House Democratic sources said they are furious with the White House for keeping the debate over a New York mosque in play for two weeks — and then announcing Obama will use a prime-time address next week to discuss Iraq, not the economy. By the calculations of House Democrats, this means that by Labor Day they will have spent nearly nine weeks this summer beating back negative or unhelpful story lines instigated, in part or in total, by the White House.
Conservative:
You are correct. The SOFA agreement was established under GWB's administration, not under Obama's. Our troops have been withdrawn from several cities already since the summer of 2009 as the timeline called for. Obama DID vote against the surge and is now praising it - of course any politician can change his/her mind but O will take credit for anything good that GWB established and use GWB as a whipping boy for his own failures.
Nobody expects O to turn things around over night, but let's stop the childish "it's all GWB's fault" to cover his own flaws. He only comes across as tripping over his own feet when he does that.
Uh, obviousyly you are missing the point, the elections were held in March and no unified govt. has been formed.
I disagree, Obama has done a lot, massive expansion of govt, added to the unemployment roles, added trillions to the debt, headed us into a double dip recession, is taking over 1/7 of the U.S. economy with Obamacare and just this past week said he is "more confident than ever that the economy is headed in the right direction". Apparently to his supporters that is success?
No, you'll blame Bush and claim that Obama inherited a jacked up exit plan.
Wiseone;1058951526]Well I'm talking strictly about Iraq. As for the Iraqi deadlock, what do you exactly expect Obama to do? Iraq has a fully independant government now, I'm sure the State Dept and others are working with the Iraqis still today as we have been in the past, but in the end its Iraq's decision regarding its gov't.
No, I'll do exactly what I said I would do. I am apolitical to the fullest meaning of the word, there is no partisan in me. Now Obama, as President, made a decision and he will have the credit or blame depending on how that decision pans out, the same with ANY President. If I said Obama only inherited a 'jacked up exit plan' than not only would I be biased but I would also be ignoring the fact that he's President and has the power to change those plans.
Can someone please show me where Obama is taking credit for this or the surge...
Oh you can't? Good. Maybe that's because Obama isn't a war mongering chest thumping dip ****.
"As a candidate for this office, I pledged I would end this war. As president, that is what I am doing," Obama said.