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She/it is a blustering blowhardThis is like arguing law with someone that can't even spell jurisprudence. You're wayyyyyyyyyyy in over your head.
When I educated you about the rolling negotiations in Iraq, it went completely over your head. You think there was just one document called a SOFA and no other negotiations.
That's like saying opposing counselors never meet an American judge in his chambers to haggle about any given case. Watch, you won't grasp this sentence either. ROLL EYES.
You do like your soapbox, now don't you....
Its fun/funny to just look at her self-important bloviations and laugh. 
S.D. aint much better w/ this FAIL revisionist history rw hack thread 
Iraq Wants the U.S. Out
Prime Minister, in Interview, Says Troops Must Leave Next Year as Planned
By Sam Dagher Updated Dec. 28, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET
BAGHDAD—Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ruled out the presence of any U.S. troops in Iraq after the end of 2011, saying his new government and the country's security forces were capable of confronting any remaining threats to Iraq's security, sovereignty and unity.
In his first media interview since the Iraqi Parliament confirmed his new cabinet in December, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sat down for an exclusive conversation with The Wall Street Journal's Sam Dagher. Here are some excerpts.
Mr. Maliki spoke with The Wall Street Journal in a two-hour interview, his first since Iraq ended nine months of stalemate and seated a new government after an inconclusive election, allowing Mr. Maliki to begin a second term as premier.
A majority of Iraqis—and some Iraqi and U.S. officials—have assumed the U.S. troop presence would eventually be extended, especially after the long government limbo. But Mr. Maliki was eager to draw a line in his most definitive remarks on the subject. "The last American soldier will leave Iraq" as agreed, he said, speaking at his office in a leafy section of Baghdad's protected Green Zone. "This agreement is not subject to extension, not subject to alteration. It is sealed."
REALLY DUMB ASS????????? I was there negotiating with Iraqis, not you, you stupid fucker.
The loss of Beiji marks the latest in a series of setbacks for the jihadi group, which has lost hundreds of fighters to U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, particularly in the group's stalled advance on the Syrian town of Kobani. On Friday, activists there reported significant progress by the town's Kurdish defenders
"This agreement is not subject to extension, not subject to alteration. It is sealed."
REALLY DUMB ASS????????? I was there negotiating with Iraqis, not you, you stupid fucker.
When you failed to get a longer term deal to secure the military gains of 2008? When you got the complete withdrawal of US troops shoved up your behind by Muqtada al Sadr, Maliki , and Tehran? Those negotiations? You are proud of those negotiations?
I'm sure glad you weren't involved in the Afghanistan SOFA negotiations. You probably would have botched those too. The better negotiators got a ten year open ended security deal in Afghanistan.
Lucky for you though it appears the Iraqis didnt need a residual US force in Iraq after 2011 after all. Baghdad will not fall and Daesh terrorists are suffering setbacks every day. Like the loss of Beiji this past week.
The loss of Beiji marks the latest in a series of setbacks for the jihadi group, which has lost hundreds of fighters to U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, particularly in the group's stalled advance on the Syrian town of Kobani. On Friday, activists there reported significant progress by the town's Kurdish defenders
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey Arrives In Iraq On Previously Unannounced Visit
I worked in every province before the surge, during the surge, and after the surge.
The "beheading of a Syriac Orthodox priest in Mosul, the crucifixion of a Christian teenager in Albasra, the frequent kidnappings for ransom of Christians including four priests–one of whom was the secretary of Patriarch Delly, the rape of Christian women and teenage girls, and the bombings of churches"
so why didn't Bush negotiate a status of forces agreement when he had the leverage?
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How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal
By Gareth Porter • WASHINGTON, (IPS) • December 16, 2011
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had planned to maintain a semi-permanent military presence in Iraq.
The real story behind the U.S. withdrawal is how a clever strategy of deception and diplomacy adopted by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in cooperation with Iran outmanoeuvered Bush and the U.S. military leadership and got the United States to sign the U.S.-Iraq withdrawal agreement.
Bush warns them that leaving Iraq early will destabilize the region so Obama makes that his Middle East plan
Bush negotiated a Status of Forces Agreement with Maliki that had a clause in it that either side could back out of it given a years notice. The troop withdrawals stretched all the way out until 2012...plenty of time to reevaluate what was going on in Iraq and bordering countries.
That job unfortunately fell to Barack Obama who botched it so badly that an Islamic terror "nation" now exists in the Middle East
That job unfortunately fell to Barack Obama who botched it so badly that an Islamic terror "nation" now exists in the Middle East.
Why do you think Maliki is no longer running Iraq? I'll give you a hint...because we told him to resign or we were pulling our aid.
Saying Bush is at fault for Obama's failure to leave enough troops in Iraq to keep it stable is LAUGHABLE!.
Remember Obama was against the surge that won in Iraq. Obama would've lost the war if he was in charge, and when he was in charge. Well we see what happened.
No U.S. Troops Didn t Have to Leave Iraq National Review Onlinebush negotiated the status of forces agreement that only allowed us forces inside iraq cities until 6/30/09 and forces in iraq until 12/31/11.yes, he did. he negotiated the status of forces agreement that required us to leave when we did.That's a fair question. Maybe that couldn't be done before a certain timeline?
We know Obama didn't do it, but did Bush have the chance prior? Anyone know?
There are no forces, therefore he did not negotiate. Use your head.
use your google.
After which time a long term status (Think Germany and Japan post WW2) needed to be implemented. The reason it wasn't, is because Obama didn't really want it. It's that simple. It could have been done.
He cut and ran.jknowgood, post: 9747879,Remember Obama was against the surge that won in Iraq. Obama would've lost the war if he was in charge, and when he was in charge. Well we see what happened.
Obama didn’t lose the war in Iraq. Do you feel stupid right now?
