Posted on 07/29/2014 5:45:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq to topple dictator Saddam Hussein. During the subsequent eight years, the U.S. spent trillions of dollars and lost thousands of American lives fighting an insurgency waged against the new government.
Today, two years after the last American combat forces left Iraq, the country is teetering on the edge of total chaos and threatening to pull the U.S. back into war. The Islamic State (ISIS), with the help of disenfranchised Sunnis, is gaining ground.
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On tonight at 10 pm.
My take? Maliki lost Iraq due to excluding Sunni from being involved in his government.
I’m guarantee this will blame everything on Bush and completely ignore the incredible victory won by our fighters. While protecting Obama.
I can’t blame it all on Obama. With General Petreaus, President Bush won Iraq. But he backed the wrong horse in Maliki. Then Obama wanted us to leave Iraq. Which I don’t disagree.
10 minutes
5 minutes
Started to watch. Saw Thomas Ricks. Turned it off.
Good choice. Ricks is a pompous blowhard.
Frontline did a good job showing how Obama dropped the ball on Iraq.
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