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09-19-2014, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by spence
You're making the assumption the President didn't want to leave a residual force. By Obama's own words we did but the Iraqi's didn't
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Really !!
Anybody with a Facebook page has seen Obama's own words taking credit for removing the troops as he had promised.
Or are they being taken out of context ?
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09-19-2014, 09:13 AM
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Really !!
Anybody with a Facebook page has seen Obama's own words taking credit for removing the troops as he had promised.
Or are they being taken out of context ?
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Ahhh yes, nothing like a facebook meme to enlighten the masses 
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09-19-2014, 09:45 AM
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Ahhh yes, nothing like a facebook meme to enlighten the masses 
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At the end he sounds like you
http://youtu.be/7DpBwmN66As
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09-19-2014, 11:55 AM
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I think I see the problem Buck. You're forming your opinions from Internet memes and misleading YouTube posts.
Your video conveniently cuts Obama's words short...he went on to say...
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Under the previous administration, we had turned over the country to a sovereign, democratically elected Iraqi government. In order for us to maintain troops in Iraq, we needed the invitation of the Iraqi government and we needed assurances that our personnel would be immune from prosecution if, for example, they were protecting themselves and ended up getting in a firefight with Iraqis, that they wouldn’t be hauled before an Iraqi judicial system.
And the Iraqi government, based on its political considerations, in part because Iraqis were tired of a U.S. occupation, declined to provide us those assurances. And on that basis, we left. We had offered to leave additional troops. So when you hear people say, do you regret, Mr. President, not leaving more troops, that presupposes that I would have overridden this sovereign government that we had turned the keys back over to and said, you know what, you’re democratic, you’re sovereign, except if I decide that it’s good for you to keep 10,000 or 15,000 or 25,000 Marines in your country, you don’t have a choice — which would have kind of run contrary to the entire argument we were making about turning over the country back to Iraqis, an argument not just made by me, but made by the previous administration.
So let’s just be clear: The reason that we did not have a follow-on force in Iraq was because the Iraqis were — a majority of Iraqis did not want U.S. troops there, and politically they could not pass the kind of laws that would be required to protect our troops in Iraq.
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09-19-2014, 01:31 PM
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I think I see the problem Buck. You're forming your opinions from Internet memes and misleading YouTube posts.
Your video conveniently cuts Obama's words short...he went on to say...
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Funny thing is that most people remember when he was campaigning for a second term and as he did all his fundraiser speaches up until recently. The words in the video his .
You conveniently found one instance ( maybe) that he may have used other words after his bragging .
What he said yesterday has no bearing on what he says tomorrow...
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09-19-2014, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by buckman
Funny thing is that most people remember when he was campaigning for a second term and as he did all his fundraiser speaches up until recently. The words in the video his .
You conveniently found one instance ( maybe) that he may have used other words after his bragging .
What he said yesterday has no bearing on what he says tomorrow...
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Yes, he campaigned on a promise to end the war. That means removal of active combat troops which we did aside from the Marines at the embassy.
The Administration did want a force to run counter-terrorism activities and continue to train the Iraqi military which fell apart. That was reported back in 2011...it's not one instance.
Perhaps you're confusion on what Obama says tomorrow is that you don't really know what he said yesterday?
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09-19-2014, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by spence
Yes, he campaigned on a promise to end the war. That means removal of active combat troops which we did aside from the Marines at the embassy.
The Administration did want a force to run counter-terrorism activities and continue to train the Iraqi military which fell apart. That was reported back in 2011...it's not one instance.
Perhaps you're confusion on what Obama says tomorrow is that you don't really know what he said yesterday?
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No, not true Spence and you know it. He claims credit for removing all troops from Iraq and he bragged about it . He also brags about a much improved economy, a much improved health care system, a much improved perspective of how the world sees us.
He has a lower credibility rating and approval rating than any president since Jimmy Carter. Actually I believe he's lower than Jimmy Carter.
Most Americans excluding yourself see him for who he is and what he has done .
Spin the crap all you want . You're wrong in every case.
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09-19-2014, 11:20 AM
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they want to kill humanity
SHARIA law is absolute HELL and has no place in America
so when we capture them on USA soil they should be simply SHOT
same as any foreign soldier attacking was
i don't think tax payers should have to pay for any trials
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