[Jim Noble]

Iraq was never conquered, so it can’t be lost.

[libertylover]

Sure, some on the left would delight in a belated disaster in Iraq to spite the long-gone bogeyman, George W. Bush. I do not believe President Obama is among them.

Obama absolutely wanted a disaster in Iraq and voted against the surge in order to get one-on Bush's watch. But Bush left Iraq in pretty good shape for him and he knows that people know it.

[Sarajevo]

He preened that we'll meet his Aug. 31 deadline to transition "from combat to supporting and training Iraqi security forces" and reaffirmed that we'll remove the last of our troops in 2012.

According to the SOFA agreement (signed by the Bush Admin on 17 Nov 2008) the last troops will be out of the country by 31 Dec 2011, not 2012.

SOFA Agreement.pdf

[samtheman]

The Iraq War was a mistake. The Iraqi Sunnis, under Saddam, had the Shiites pinned down and the Iranians boxed in (somewhat). And we had the Sunnis pinned down under our sanctions and overflights.

Now the Iranians are unleased, the Shiites are running wild and America has fallen to a communist regime... all as a result of a misguided decision to launch this war.

[Rummyfan]

Anything Obama says is diametrically opposed to what he has done and is going to do. It seems he has a total disconnect from reality.

[anita]

One president gave his pre mature "Mission Accomplished" speech about Iraq on the deck of an aircraft carrier.

A lie is a lie, no matter how many times it gets repeated. Shame on you Ralph.

[The Great RJ]

I have long expected that under Obama US forces will be bugging out of Iraq with desperate Iraqi's clinging to the helicopter skids as Iranian tanks roll into Baghdad in a repeat of the “evacuation” of Saigon in 1974.

[ThunderSleeps]

He preened that we'll meet his Aug. 31 deadline to transition "from combat to supporting and training Iraqi security forces"...

That's a meaningless claim of fulfilling a promise. You can always stop patrolling, stop military action. It's called surrender. hussein is going to surrender Iraq back to the forces of mayhem. We lost in Iraq the moment hussein was elected.

[Buckeye McFrog]

losing wars is what buys you Street Cred within the modern Democrat Party

[NonValueAdded]

But after hearing for years about the supremacy of political over military solutions, it was odd to witness this administration's neglect of basic statesmanship (which opened the door to the Iranians).

Let's not discount the fact that a diplomatic success in Iraq would be a Hillary success and the bamster is not inclined to let that happen.