Tuesday, August 12, 2014

U.S. President Obama Now Blames Former President Bush For The U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq

President Barack Obama meets with his national security advisors in the Situation Room of the White House, Aug. 7, 2014. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Obama Adjusts Iraq Narrative, Now Blames Bush For Troop Withdrawal -- Washington Times

U.S. military airstrikes against Islamic State prompt revisionist history

The president who spent years touting the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq suddenly has had to distance himself from that action.

At the White House on Saturday morning — less than 48 hours after authorizing airstrikes against Islamist militants and humanitarian air drops to save the lives of trapped Iraqi civilians — President Obama blamed his predecessor, George W. Bush, for the absence of American troops in Iraq and rejected the assertion that he could have left a small peacekeeping force in the war-torn nation.

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My Comment: As long as the media keeps on pointing their finger at President Bush for the disaster in Iraq .... President Obama has no reason to be concerned that his own actions on Iraq will be scrutinized.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

The Blame everyone else president....If it wasn't so Pathetic it would be Funny!!

Alex said...

This super cut of Obama claiming credit for ending the war in Iraq would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic.