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Iraq was a success until Obama decided to leave no US troops there to help Iraq fight off any AQI uprising.
Again were you not paying attention. Iraq kicked our asses out of their country, even though Obama wanted us to stay
The Iraq war ends with a sovereign Iraq kicking US out
That the Iraqis were in a position to kick the US out is probably the main accomplishment of the Iraq war.
The claim that President Obama met a campaign promise today is technically true but only because Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki forced him to. Obama was seeking to keep troops in Iraq, perhaps as many as 15,000 of them, beyond the Dec. 31 withdrawal date. But the Iraqi government, led by Shiite Islamists with ties to Iran and well aware that an extension of the US occupation would be political poison for them (already dealing with public anger at rampant corruption and poor service delivery), had none of it. Mr. Maliki told Obama he could have his troops in the country if they were subject to Iraqi law, something he and everyone else knew was a deal-breaker.
The Iraq war ends with a sovereign Iraq kicking US out - CSMonitor.com