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Obama: Pulling All U.S. Troops Out of Iraq Not 'My Decision'
When he was running for re-election in 2012, President Barack ObamaJedi mind meld... repeatedly took credit for ending the war in Iraq and bringing all U.S. troops home from that country. At the White House on Saturday, however, when talking about his decision to use military force against the al-Qaeda-related ISIS terrorist group in Iraq, Obama said removing all U.S. troops from Iraq was not "my decision." On the South Lawn of the White House today, after Obama explained why he had ordered the U.S. military to renew "What I just find interesting is the degree to which this issue keeps on coming up, as if this was my decision," Obama said, indicating he does not believe it was his decision as commander in chief of U.S. troops in a congressionally authorized action in Iraq to decide whether the troops should stay or leave. "So let's just be clear: The reason that we did not have a follow-on force in Iraq was because the Iraqis were--a majority of Iraqis did not want U.S. troops there, and politically they could not pass the kind of laws that would be required to protect our troops in Iraq," said Obama. On Dec. 14, 2011, President B.O. and First Lady Michelle Obama delivered speeches at Fort Bragg, North Carolina that the White House posted under the headline: "Remarks by the President and First Lady on the End of the War in Iraq." "Now, Iraq is not a perfect place, Obama said. "It has many challenges ahead. But we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between our nations. And we are ending a war not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home. "This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making," said Obama. At the end of his speech, Obama said: "You helped forge a just and lasting peace with Iraq." On the campaign trail eleven months later, just before the 2012 election, Obama repeated in Cincinnati on Nov. 4 what he had said earlier that day in Hollywood, Fla. "But you know I say what I mean and I mean what I say," said Obama. "I said I'd end the war in Iraq. I ended the war in Iraq." He repeated the same words the next day in Madison, Wisconsin, and Columbus, Ohio. Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-11 |
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