Another Rightwing Lie Exposed

[Synthaholic]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
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The truth:

This whopper has been all over Fox News. The reality is that the agreement to release Baghdadi was signed by President Bush in 2008 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement. In accordance with that agreement, Baghdadi was turned over to Iraqi authorities in 2009 and was further imprisoned in Iraq. Then the Iraqi government -- not Obama -- released Baghdadi from prison in 2010. Another account, uncovered by Politifact determined that Baghdadi might've been released in 2004, five years before Obama's inauguration.
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If conservatives didn't lie they would have nothing to say.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Bush had agreement to leave troops in place too...How'd that work out? Was Obama locked in to it?

Horowitz said, that he was released "on Obama's watch", not that Obama personally let him out

 

[Synthaholic]

Bush had agreement to leave troops in place too...How'd that work out? Was Obama locked in to it?

Horowitz said, that he was released "on Obama's watch", not that Obama personally let him out

...or that Obama had any say or control over whether he was released by the Iraqi government.

So it's another false Rightwing charge.

 

[Andylusion]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
​

The truth:

This whopper has been all over Fox News. The reality is that the agreement to release Baghdadi was signed by President Bush in 2008 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement. In accordance with that agreement, Baghdadi was turned over to Iraqi authorities in 2009 and was further imprisoned in Iraq. Then the Iraqi government -- not Obama -- released Baghdadi from prison in 2010. Another account, uncovered by Politifact determined that Baghdadi might've been released in 2004, five years before Obama's inauguration.
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If conservatives didn't lie they would have nothing to say.

Coming from someone who lies constantly. You even lied in this article you just posted.

True or false. Obama was president when this guy was released?

Answer for those who are not intellectually bankrupt, True.

Yes, Bush signed it. So what?

Are you telling me Obama has no choice but to do whatever Bush said? Bush wasn't in the office. Obama was.

You keep telling us how bad Bush was, and how great Obama is, and then we find Obama following the same policies as Bush, but of course we're not allowed to blame him?

Obama follows Bush's policy, and you think Obama = good, Bush = Bad. Do you know what a hypocrite you are for pushing such a lame view?

Are you seriously suggesting to us that as long as Bush signed the law, if Obama follows it his entire 8 years, he's completely excused? No, you are just a partisan hack, with your head shoved so far up your own self centered Ideology you can't see anything else.

 

[BlindBoo]

Bush had agreement to leave troops in place too...How'd that work out? Was Obama locked in to it?

Horowitz said, that he was released "on Obama's watch", not that Obama personally let him out

Bush never has such an agreement with Iraq.

"The final version shows significant concessions from the U.S. side. For instance, the Bush administration agreed to a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. The draft and final versions also called for additional restrictions on how U.S. troops conducted missions, and required a pullout from Iraqi urban areas by July 2009."

U.S. Security Agreements and Iraq - Council on Foreign Relations

 

[Synthaholic]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
​

The truth:

This whopper has been all over Fox News. The reality is that the agreement to release Baghdadi was signed by President Bush in 2008 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement. In accordance with that agreement, Baghdadi was turned over to Iraqi authorities in 2009 and was further imprisoned in Iraq. Then the Iraqi government -- not Obama -- released Baghdadi from prison in 2010. Another account, uncovered by Politifact determined that Baghdadi might've been released in 2004, five years before Obama's inauguration.
​

If conservatives didn't lie they would have nothing to say.

Coming from someone who lies constantly. You even lied in this article you just posted.

Really, asshole? Please produce some of my "lies".

True or false. Obama was president when this guy was released?

Did Obama release him? That's the rightwing claim.

True or false?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
​

The truth:

This whopper has been all over Fox News. The reality is that the agreement to release Baghdadi was signed by President Bush in 2008 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement. In accordance with that agreement, Baghdadi was turned over to Iraqi authorities in 2009 and was further imprisoned in Iraq. Then the Iraqi government -- not Obama -- released Baghdadi from prison in 2010. Another account, uncovered by Politifact determined that Baghdadi might've been released in 2004, five years before Obama's inauguration.
​

If conservatives didn't lie they would have nothing to say.

The problem, of course, is the partisan right will seek to propagate the lie in the hope it's perceived to be true, fully aware it is in fact a lie.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
​

The truth:

This whopper has been all over Fox News. The reality is that the agreement to release Baghdadi was signed by President Bush in 2008 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement. In accordance with that agreement, Baghdadi was turned over to Iraqi authorities in 2009 and was further imprisoned in Iraq. Then the Iraqi government -- not Obama -- released Baghdadi from prison in 2010. Another account, uncovered by Politifact determined that Baghdadi might've been released in 2004, five years before Obama's inauguration.
​

If conservatives didn't lie they would have nothing to say.

Coming from someone who lies constantly. You even lied in this article you just posted.

True or false. Obama was president when this guy was released?

Answer for those who are not intellectually bankrupt, True.

Yes, Bush signed it. So what?

Are you telling me Obama has no choice but to do whatever Bush said? Bush wasn't in the office. Obama was.

You keep telling us how bad Bush was, and how great Obama is, and then we find Obama following the same policies as Bush, but of course we're not allowed to blame him?

Obama follows Bush's policy, and you think Obama = good, Bush = Bad. Do you know what a hypocrite you are for pushing such a lame view?

Are you seriously suggesting to us that as long as Bush signed the law, if Obama follows it his entire 8 years, he's completely excused? No, you are just a partisan hack, with your head shoved so far up your own self centered Ideology you can't see anything else.

Obama doesn't even follow his own laws, now suddenly he's has to follow everything Bush did to the letter?

 

[Siete]

deal with it Frank.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

"In 2008, while reducing the numbers of US troops in the country, Bush signed an agreement with the Iraqi government that mandated that all detainees be handed over to Iraqi forces. In accordance with this agreement, Baghdadi was transferred to Iraqi custody in 2009, and by 2010, the Iraqi government (for a reason not explained publicly) had set him free."

It's possible that Obama demanded he be freed.

Interesting that Obama murders the innocent 16 year son of a "Terrorist" but sets this guy free

 

[CrusaderFrank]

deal with it Frank.

read the article, slappy

 

[Andylusion]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
​

The truth:

This whopper has been all over Fox News. The reality is that the agreement to release Baghdadi was signed by President Bush in 2008 as part of the Status of Forces Agreement. In accordance with that agreement, Baghdadi was turned over to Iraqi authorities in 2009 and was further imprisoned in Iraq. Then the Iraqi government -- not Obama -- released Baghdadi from prison in 2010. Another account, uncovered by Politifact determined that Baghdadi might've been released in 2004, five years before Obama's inauguration.
​

If conservatives didn't lie they would have nothing to say.

Coming from someone who lies constantly. You even lied in this article you just posted.

Really, asshole? Please produce some of my "lies".

True or false. Obama was president when this guy was released?

Did Obama release him? That's the rightwing claim.

True or false?

True.

We just covered this. Obama was president when he was released.

If your wife locks up in the basement, and 5 days later, some idiot with a mickey mouse hat on opens the door letting me go... who let me go? The idiot with the mickey mouse hat. But but the wifey might have said you need to let me out! Maybe she signed a paper saying you need to let me out.

Doesn't matter. Ultimately Obama is the one that let him go. It happened on his watch. He is responsible for the policy, if he leaves the policy in place.

Obama let him go. If you are too stupid to figure that out mickey mouse boy, that's your problem.

 

[Siete]

"In 2008, while reducing the numbers of US troops in the country, Bush signed an agreement with the Iraqi government that mandated that all detainees be handed over to Iraqi forces. In accordance with this agreement, Baghdadi was transferred to Iraqi custody in 2009, and by 2010, the Iraqi government (for a reason not explained publicly) had set him free."

It's possible that Obama demanded he be freed.

Interesting that Obama murders the innocent 16 year son of a "Terrorist" but sets this guy free

reading the article, Its possible you are clueless what the article states. Blame aside, the timeline is between 08 and 10 ... its a done deal.

Deal with it.

 

[Siete]

Coming from someone who lies constantly. You even lied in this article you just posted.

Really, asshole? Please produce some of my "lies".

True or false. Obama was president when this guy was released?

Did Obama release him? That's the rightwing claim.

True or false?

True.

We just covered this. Obama was president when he was released.




If your wife locks up in the basement, and 5 days later, some idiot with a mickey mouse hat on opens the door letting me go... who let me go? The idiot with the mickey mouse hat. But but the wifey might have said you need to let me out! Maybe she signed a paper saying you need to let me out.

Doesn't matter. Ultimately Obama is the one that let him go. It happened on his watch. He is responsible for the policy, if he leaves the policy in place.

Obama let him go. If you are too stupid to figure that out mickey mouse boy, that's your problem.

using your logic Bush isn't on the books for anything that he was responsible for when he was in office ... so the next president inherits everything Obama has done and he gets a free pass ? ... Correct ?

 

[ClosedCaption]

Seriously tho, why do they have to lie about this and then defend it when it proven to be a lie?

Its like Healthmatters the other day saying that the EPA guys disagreed with Obama on Climate Change when at the bottom of his own link it said that all of the agree that GW was a problem that needed to be addressed.

We have the internet now

 

[kaz]

The lie:

"The head of this band of savages, Abu al-Baghdadi, was released by the Obama administration and started ISIS one year later in 2010."
​

Are NBC liars too?

"The colonel recalled that when Baghdadi was turned over to the Iraqi authorities in 2009"

The Secret Life of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - NBC News

Frankly, I think the story is pretty silly as is blaming Obama for it. However, when Democrats point that finger with your endlessly doing the same, I just have to laugh at you. W not only was responsible for FEMA, but he caused the hurricane! LOL, an indignant liberal inevitably turns out to be a hypocrite on the matter....

 

[Siete]

if Obama would have ignored the agreement Bush signed in 08 the RW's would be howling at the moon ... either way they howl at the moon ... either way, everyone but the RW's think they're crazy.

 

[Stephanie]

the reality is :
MotherpropagandaforObamaJones, doesn't live in realty and spins out propaganda somewhere in the Obama cult compound

 

[ClosedCaption]

Just go by the simple rule of Republicans: If Obama does it...its wrong. Even if they supported it in the past.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Obama: ignores his own laws but follows Bush's instructions to the letter

uh huh