I know no one likes political posts, but this guy seriously needs to give up the office. What an embarrassment. Still blaming Bush six years later! Take some responsibility Barack. If you had no say in this, then who is in charge of the country? These words will haunt him like no new taxes did Bush. ...As if this was my decision …what a goofball of a leader. Real leaders dont blame the previous leader. Leadership takes the hand they are dealt and plays it! And remember this… After taunting Romney over Russia, Obama crowed: You said you think we should have more troops in Iraq right now. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/11023372/American-Way-Could-Mitt-Romney-ride-to-the-rescue-of-the-Republican-Party.html … In a Saturday morning address, before departing on a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama gave an update on the progress of air strikes against Islamic militants in Iraq and the dropping of supplies to the starving Yazidi people. He also took questions from reporters, and one response in particular drew attention. The president was asked whether he regretted withdrawing troops from the country given how swiftly the Islamic State group, alternately called ISIS and ISIL, has taken parts of the country. Obama speaks to reporters on Saturday. “What I just find interesting is the degree to which this issue keeps on coming up, as if this was my decision,” Obama said. “Under the previous administration, we had turned over the country to a sovereign, democratically elected Iraqi government. In order for us to maintain troops in Iraq, we needed the invitation of the Iraqi government, and we needed assurances that our personnel would be immune from prosecution if, for example, they were protecting themselves and ended up getting in a firefight with Iraqis, that they wouldn’t be hauled before an Iraqi judicial system.” That “as if this was my decision” — representing a possible swipe at the Bush administration — was a jaw-dropping response to the admittedly small group of political reporters and conservative activists on Twitter who were following the address. While it’s certainly the case that the Iraqi government didn’t make it easy to sign a so-called status-of-forces agreement to keep U.S. troops there, Obama actively sought to withdraw troops — and, more to the point, he campaigned on it.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:44:37 +0000
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