and the GOP says they were right about Iraq and it's all Obama's fault.

What chutzpah!

And yet just months ago, McCain was urging the administration to take more drastic action in favor of the Syrian rebels and 'freedom fighters.' Oh wait, the rebels in Syria are Sunni, hoping to topple the Shiite/
Alawite regime in Damascus. They're most likely the same Sunni that have taken over so much of Northern Syria and Northern Iraq under the guise of ISIS. Does McCain really think we should now bolster the Al Maliki regime in Baghdad, a Shiite Government that as of late is getting aid from Iran? This makes no sense.

Iraq was a westernized country headed by a dictator who kept the Islamic zealots in check. Yes, he was a brutal bastard who gave the word "dictator" an even worse name than it already had, but the country itself was more or less a reasonable place to live.

Then Stupid and Cheney wrecked it in an oil grab.

I'm afraid the country will go militant Islamic, at least in the short term. It's the only way they've got to kick us out completely. In the meantime, the refugee crisis happening now is appalling as people flee more war. Where can they go? Syria and Iran are no longer options.

As for McCain's constant fulminating that the solution for every human problem is war, he needs to retire before everybody who was stupid enough to vote for him realizes he's senile.

who was AGAINST the invasion of Iraq for the outcome of that same disastrous invasion. It's absolutely fucking insane.

that they could blame Obama FOR the war and after a few repeats the dashboard believers would consider it the truth.

he just said it's Obama's fault because he didn't have a good exit strategy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8302
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During the tumult of the US Presidential election campaign, the issue of Iraq, and specifically the US troop presence in Iraq, fell down the priority list as fears of the deep recession facing the US economy materialised. Despite the falling importance of the issue of Iraq, as a once dominant subject, it still resonated in discussions and (rather benign) Presidential and Vice Presidential televised debates over the respective foreign policy platforms of both camps.

President-elect Barack Obama campaigned as the “anti-war” candidate: one plank in his platform of “change” that has propelled him to the White House at a time of both domestic and international instability. Central to his claim was not only his stance against the invasion of Iraq during late 2002, as the freshest of freshman Senators, but also a plan for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq on an 18-month time-line.

Despite being dismissed as a “white flag of surrender” by the Republican Vice Presidential nominee and other members of the Grand Old Party (GOP), this policy was subsequently taken on, not only by the Department of Defence honchos, but also by President Bush. Significantly, Bush has decisively moved to enshrine this policy through the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which was fully approved by the Iraqi Parliament last Friday.

Wise up

Those of us who were against going into Iraq in the first place warned everyone that Saddam Hussain, as awful as he was, was the one who was keeping the sectarian battles from happening. We told you this would happen if he was taken out. So, take your pal, Mr. McCain, and go fuck yourselves.

Doesn't he mean "Iraqi security policy"?

But I'm not convinced it's as bad as they are saying. The CIA lied to all in the first place going into Iraq, so I don't have much trust in what they say. First it was a takeover of a city and then Boehner comes out saying the takeover is western Iraq. Yeah right. Then you see some footage on TV, and I don't even see a city. So I don't really know what is happening in Iraq.