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In this specific case, it's largely because sending troops back into Iraq would an admission that it was a mistake for President Obama to pull out of Iraq befor
by mason240 11y ago
In this specific case, it's largely because sending troops back into Iraq would an admission that it was a mistake for President Obama to pull out of Iraq before their military was completely ready.
- x0x0 11y agoYeah, because training them from 2003 to 2012 to the tune of $25 billion plus didn't make them a competent army, so another 3 years would clearly have gotten the job done. In reality, President Bush is an utter moron responsible for the largest foreign policy debacle in the last 50 years. He upset the jenga tower that is middle east politics and we're going to be living through knock-on effects for a long time. In particular, Iraq isn't a single country; it's 3 countries held together by military force papering over long running ethnic/religious/tribal feuds. Plus oil. Also, when Paul Bremer dismissed much of the iraqi military, one of his generals essentially founded Isis [1]. More idiocy courtesy of George Bush. [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028529/Saddam-Hussein-s-revenge-grave-ISIS-s-land-grab-Middle-East-orchestrated-former-Iraqi-dictator-s-generals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028529/Saddam-Husse...