Obama: “Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did."

What Obama has wrought in Iraq

by Danielle Pletka 

The term that Barack Obama prefers to victory is to “end” wars “responsibly”. How did that happen in Iraq? And who will be responsible when the Americans and Europeans and Arabs and Asians of al-Qaida and ISIS finish with Iraq and Syria and turn their attention to the American homeland?

Pulling out of Iraq was just another part of what President Obama saw as a campaign promise kept. He said, "Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. And we have." My, how the tables have turned. The 9/11 terrorists who attacked us and other like-minded groups are doing very well, and the Middle East is in a state of collapse. But during the entire unfolding of the so-called Arab Spring, the Obama administration was AWOL, disengaged from supporting US interests, US allies, or US values. As a result, al Qaeda and related groups have spread across the region like a cancer, preying on weak states, ungoverned areas, and conflict zones.

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