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It seems you're new to this controversy.
Not at all and your lack of a response to any of my points is proof enough that you're completely uninformed on the matter as per usual when you're trying to pretend you're an independent.
The Bush administration fully expected troops to remain in Iraq, after further negotiations,
Is this one of those times when you go against all factual evidence of the contrary and keep arguing? Grant, the Bush administration was the one that signed the withdrawal order from Iraq and set a timeline. I just posted that in the previous post. The Bush administration set the terms and conditions for withdrawal with ratification from the Iraqis themselves. Are you serious dude? You're looking uninformed.
Sequence of events:
2008, Bush administration signs agreement with Iraqis:
U.S.
The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq) was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008.
In it Bush administration sets withdrawal dates for combat forces and then any remaining personnel:
It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011.[1]
Conditions are also set for the withdrawal:
The pact required criminal charges for holding prisoners over 24 hours, and required a warrant for searches of homes and buildings that were not related to combat.[1] U.S. contractors working for U.S. forces would have been subject to Iraqi criminal law, while contractors working for the State Department and other U.S. agencies would retain their immunity. If U.S. forces committed still undecided "major premeditated felonies" while off-duty and off-base, they would have been subjected to an undecided procedures laid out by a joint U.S.-Iraq committee if the U.S. certified the forces were off-duty.[2][3][1][4]
The agreement expired at midnight on December 31, 2011, even though the United States completed its final withdrawal of troops from Iraq on December 16, 2011. The symbolic ceremony in Baghdad officially "cased" (retired) the flag of U.S. forces in Iraq, according to army tradition.[5]
You're being dishonest, Grant. The fact that you're replying with little nonsensical 4 sentence posts is enough proof. However, I implore you to double down on how uninformed you are. How did Barack Hussein Obama, POTUS, changed the withdrawal plan set forth by the Bush administration. If you can't show us, then you have to admit that he not only follow the Republican plan, he followed up with the plan agreed on by the previous administration, the GOP, our national defense community, the Iraqis and our allies. Want to double down?
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