That has to be one of the most ignorant posts I've seen on this board. We are withdrawing from Iraq on the timetable George Bush negotiated. Obama had nothing to do with it. In fact, he wanted to extend our presence, but the Iraqis wouldn't hear of it. They want us out.
Obama promised to have us out of Afghanistan and Iraq within one year of taking office. He lied. He also lied about closing Gitmo, and now, in fact, he has opened Gitmo to American citizens arrested on American soil suspected of being terrorists with no judicial review.
Thanks for nothing, Mr. President.
Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
I guess maybe you have not been reading and listening to the news lately. Obama promised to have us out under certain conditions and those are yet to be met. You are right that we are withdrawing on a timetable set by Bush so kudos to obama for seeing that plan through.
On him lying about gitmo, ask the republican congressmen who blocked him from closing it since they did not want the prisoners to have access to our good old american justice system, fearing that all those bush era crimes would have to be investigated if they got real justice, so dont lay the blame on obama for that.
On ending the war in a year, he did end hostile involvement and ramped down the activities, so what if it took him longer to do so in a responsible manner? he still did close it. I want a president whose heart is in the right place and does his best, like he did. I think he promised Iraq, maybe am wrong but i think he said he would focus on afghanistan so we can end that too, but did not give a timeline on Afghanistan.