After spending years bragging about the removal of troops from Iraq, Obama suddenly changed his narrative after ISIS has ripped through the country, started beheading Christian children and is promising to “raise the flag of Allah at the White House”:
It´s all George Bush´s fault.
“What I just find interesting is the degree to which this issue keeps on coming up, as if this was my decision. Under the previous administration, we had turned over the country to a sovereign, democratically elected Iraqi government,” Obama stated, right before leaving for a two-week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.
Wait…what? Does he not think we will remember all the touting he´s done about taking troops out of the country and how it was his big campaign promise back in 2008? Now suddenly it ´wasn’t his decision´.
What I just find interesting is the degree to which this issue keeps on coming up, as if this was my decision. Under the previous administration, we had turned over the country to a sovereign, democratically elected Iraqi government,” Mr. Obama told reporters just before leaving for a two-week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. “So let’s just be clear: The reason that we did not have a follow-on force in Iraq was because the Iraqis — 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. So that entire analysis is bogus and is wrong. But it gets frequently peddled around here by folks who oftentimes are trying to defend previous policies that they themselves made.”
Mr. Obama’s new take on the 2011 troop withdrawal quickly came under fire from a number of political pundits who pointed out the irony of a president moving away, at least in part, from his signature foreign policy achievement.
Ron Fournier of the National Journal tweeted that the president is distancing himself from his own record.
“A promise he kept, and he’s running from it?” he said.
James Taranto, a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and editor of OpinionJournal.com, said Mr. Obama apparently is no longer claiming credit for the removal of American forces, something that, until now, he frequently boasted about.
“Obama is not only disclaiming responsibility for the troop pullout but blaming it on George W. Bush,” he wrote Monday.
Indeed, Mr. Obama’s most recent description of the 2011 U.S. troop withdrawal differs greatly from how he portrayed it in 2012, when he was running for re-election against Republican Mitt Romney.
While it’s true the administration did support keeping a small residual force in Iraq, Mr. Obama frequently took credit for fully ending American involvement in Iraq and for leaving no U.S. boots on the ground in that country.
In fact, during one October 2012 debate with Mr. Romney, the president seemed to deny that he supported a status of forces agreement with the Iraqi government, a deal that would have formally allowed American troops to remain in Iraq and would have protected them from prosecution in Iraqi courts.
When Mr. Romney said he, like Mr. Obama, believed such an agreement should have been worked out, the president said “that’s not true” and went on to decry the presence of any American forces in Iraq.
“What I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East. You’ve got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean. Now, you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in Iraq,” he told Mr. Romney. “That is not a recipe for making sure that we are taking advantage of the opportunities and meeting the challenges of the Middle East.”
Source: washingtontimes.com
Photo: Jacquelyn Martin
actually if he were a pony..he’e have two tricks…he can lie too..
What a piece of work!
F**K HIM !!!!!
raven says:
“You better go back and re-live or at least re-read real history. WMD’s were moved out of Iraq by truck loads just before the attack(we watched it on video from space) (all other countries had the same intelligence we did) And yes some WMDS were found but that info was well deep throated.
The economy was humming right along. Remember it was the Clinton era and Pelosi, Reid that made sure everyone could purchase a home even if they could not afford it..Then we had the oil crisis and no one could make those house payments and still get to work. That is what caused the Melt down in 2008. And if you heard what he said about going to Katrina area… you would have agreed with him. But the media and democrats so demonized him he went anyway, which was his biggest mistake. Harriet Myers in the Supreme Court would have been better than either of the two that Obama put in there. At least she loves this country. Privatizing Social Security would probably be a good thing. Then the government could not keep spending the funds out of it. And I do not think water boarding is torture. And Gitmo should still be in full swing. No human rights violations there. They have more than the average American does. And if your memory would listen.. The treatment of AQ was as criminals by the Clinton administration.
Now we have a President who has turned loose the worst of the worst out of Gitmo. Has done everything possible to keep the people of this country without jobs. Is allowing more illegals in this country to take the few jobs that are left. Has used EPA etc. to advance his agenda. Has destroyed our military. Even firing them as we are on the brink of a worse catastrophe then 911. He has destroyed all our good will between countries. He has destroyed our healthcare system. Has caused the racism chasm to retreat back to the 1960’s.
There is a lot more that could be said. OH…. before I quit. The deficit when Bush left was $459 Billion… That is with a B… It is now right at $18 Trillion… That is with a T.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/obama-iraq-george-bushs-fault/comment-page-23/#comment-448716
Liar in chief.
FAILURE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE
Obama is an ignorant leftist. The presidency is no place for On-the-Job training,especially when you’re to bull headed to learn from your mistakes, and Obama has had more than his share of bone headed mistakes (were they mistakes or political calculations?).
he’s a lying fu- racist dickless $#%&!@*
OBAMA “led from behind” in upsetting the government of Libya so the Extremist Islamists could take over there. He pushed to have Morsi (who is a Muslim Brotherhood) placed into power in Egypt. America gave The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt foreign aid. The Egyptians did NOT want the Muslim Brotherhood ruling them so they kicked them out. America withdrew it’s foreign aid. America then sends someone to Benghazi to get all the arms that had been given to the Islamic extremists so these arms could be given to the ‘rebel fighters’ in Syria. (who later becomes ISIS). The ambassador in Benghazi is killed. Obama decides, against the advise of military people who know, to abandon Iraq without leaving a force to assure stability in the country. Obama gives the Iraqis mass armament and foreign aid monies to fight ISIS. Obama releases five top level Islamic fighters. When the fight starts the Iraqis throw down their weapons and run. ISIS takes over their weapons and money in their banks.– ISIS is effectively “resupplied”.– Obama has many Muslim Brotherhood in high positions in the Whitehouse. Obama and Holder are now setting up forces in America to fight against any Americans that resist them. It’s just as Obama wants so they can build their CALIPHATE with Saudi and American money! The TRUE enemies of America continue to MORPH! Don’t be fooled! ISIS=ISIL=Taliban=Hezbollah=Somalis=Muslim Brotherhood=Hamas=Boko Harum=CAIR=AlShabab=Syrian Rebels=Sunni=Al Qaeda=Obama=Satan
UH HEY, I’M THE GUY WHO GOT THE TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ JUST LIKE I SAID I WOULD DURING THE CAMPAIGN – OBAMA