Obama to Take Credit For Withdrawing Troops Despite Fact That Agreement Was Signed Under Bush
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 8:48 AM
Barack Obama will take credit tonight for withdrawing US combat troops from Iraq. This is despite the fact that he opposed the successful Bush surge and he even commented that genocide would be better than keeping troops in Iraq.
It will also be interesting to see if President Obama mentions that the agreement to withdraw combat troops was signed under Bush.
The Sunday Times reported this news on November 17, 2008.
All US troops will leave Iraq within three years, and soldiers will withdraw from major towns and cities by next summer, under a landmark deal approved by the Iraqi Cabinet. The last British troops are expected to leave Iraq by the end of next year.
The agreement would draw a line under the campaign launched by President Bush in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein in which 4,201 US and 176 British military personnel have died.
The pact, which also restricts US operations in the country beyond the end of this year, will be submitted to parliament for a final vote shortly…
…Main points of the agreement
– All US forces to leave Iraq by the end of 2011
– US forces to pull out of towns by summer 2009
– Iraq can try US troops for serious crimes off-duty and off-base
– Baghdad’s green zone to be handed to the Iraqi Government
– Iraqi airspace will be handed over to Iraq
– US forces need Iraqi judge’s order before they raid houses
– Iraq has the right to search shipments of US military material
– Iraqi territory cannot be used for assaults on neighbouring countries
– Either side may end the accord by serving notice of one year
The Guardian also reported on the 2008 agreement.
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Joanne commented:
It just makes Obama look like the fool he is. No one likes a person who takes credit for the work of others; Obama is shameless.
Granny commented:
We really aren’t surprised by this are we? If there is credit to be handed out, TheWon will claim it as his own. If there is blame, it always belongs to someone else. You can see exactly the same pattern right in his own administration – all those Czars to handle the decisions for all the things of which TheWon knows nothing and play fall guy when it all goes south. He really isn’t a President – presidents make decisions. TheWon’s only decisions are who to delegate to and which golf course to play on next.
/It is a heck of a note when you have to go read the British papers to get the scoop on our own government!
DaMav commented:
http://www.damaverick.com/obama204.jpg
Granny commented:
DaMavNo Gravatar
August 31st, 2010 | 9:08 am | #3
http://www.damaverick.com/obama204.jpg
You know, I have always despised that logo TheWon uses. It looks to me like a setting sun on our flag – always has.
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Oldpuppymax commented:
And he’s also taking credit for the surge in Iraq, something he vehemently opposed while in the senate. Is anyone surprised by the pathetic antics of this professional thug and hypocrite???
Bill Fabrizio commented:
If Obama is to take credit for Bush’s Iraq strategy and success, he also must take credit for the recession which started under Bush.
I’m sure he’ll take responsibility for the economy during his next prime time speech!
Faye commented:
Will the Won also take the credit when Iraq goes to hell in a handbasket because he pulled the troops out too soon? The Iraq people don’t want us to leave till they can stand strong on their own. They know there is a great possibility that everything that has been fought hard for will evaporate if there is no force to stabilize the continued change to a democratic government.
Ang commented:
The only thing Im interested in about tonights speech, is how many people dont watch oblah blah and his blah blah blah yada yada yada.
Historian commented:
So we’ve cut and run from Iraq and it’s Bush’s fault?
SM-Illinois commented:
As Joe Wilson said: YOU LIE!!!!!!!!!!
aro5o75 commented:
Well….he has to take someones credit, he has’nt earned any of his own.
Bill Fabrizio commented:
You think Obama will remember to have an American flag placed behind him for tonight’s speech?
free` commented:
Didn’t obama try to get the Iraqi government to not sign the SoFA? He wanted them to wait until after the election, iirc.
jomojava the infidel commented:
LA Times, Feb. 11, 2007:
Sen. Barack al-Bama
(D-Ill.)
There is no military solution in Iraq. Our best remaining hope is to pressure the warring factions to reach a political settlement that can end the bloodshed. The Iraqis have not yet been willing to take this responsibility, and so the real leverage we have left is to start the phased redeployment of our troops to let the Iraqis know that America’s commitment is no longer open-ended.
I have introduced a bill in Congress that would cap the number of troops in Iraq at pre-”surge” levels and commence this phased redeployment of American forces no later than May 1, with the goal of removing all U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31, 2008. If the Iraqis are successful in meeting the 13 benchmarks for progress laid out by the Bush administration, my bill would allow temporary suspension of the redeployment, provided Congress agrees that the benchmarks have been met and that the suspension is in the national security interest of the United States.
jorgen commented:
We need Joe Wilson to jump up and shout: “Bush did it!”
Ang commented:
OT but Granny do you know what post it was yesterday that you put the history lesson on? Ithought I copied and pasted it to my email but I dont have it. Regarding the shores of Tripoli. I have read that before and I wanted to send that out. Thank you.
Opus #6 commented:
A good boss takes blame for failures and gives credit for successes to his workers.
Obama must have forgotten to read that leadership book.
kato commented:
That has been the jive act: Take credit for others’ accomplishments or for manufactured accomplishments, but pass the blame for problems on to others, especially George W. Bush.
One has to be a journolist or a college professor to fall for this liar’s act.
squeaky commented:
free`
August 31st, 2010 | 11:54 am | #14
http://spectator.org/archives/2008/09/17/obama-biden-reservations-confi
donfoster commented:
on the other hand, the commenters here are the first to blame Obama for the sorry state of the economy and spread the myth of Obama taking away our rights, when more rights were trampled on, and the biggest deficit in history was acheived under bush. that’s the neocon way – all the bad things our country lives with as a result of Bush are actually Obama’s fault – all the good things, of course, are credited to Bush – either Obama is responsible for everything good and bad since 2008, or Bush is responsible for the mess of the economy and 2 wars – its not a smorgasborg, where you can selectively assign all blame to Obama, and allcredit to Bush
Estragon commented:
Obama has always taken credit for others’ accomplishments – he has none of his own and that’s just not fair, especially to his black half.
free` commented:
To: squeakyNo Gravatar
August 31st, 2010 | 3:21 pm | #20
Thank you for finding that info for me.