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The Status of Forces agreement between the U.S. and Iraq was signed by President Bush in 2008. Under the terms of this agreement, all U.S. combat forces would be withdrawn from Iraq by December 31st of 2011.
I'm certainly no fan of Barack Hussein Obama, but it's pathetic for any so-called "conservative" to blame him for something that was signed, sealed and delivered by his Republican predecessor before he ever took office.

With all due respect, there is more to the story.

During the 2008 election, an extension of the above status of forces agreement was being negotiated.

And, while campaigning for the presidency, Barack Obama took it upon himself to make a trip to Iraq and meet with the Prime Minister. Nobody knows for sure what the content of their discussion was but, from that point forward, Iraq's negotiators for the status of forces agreement became totally uncooperative.

The assumption is that Obama promised he'd give Malaki what he wanted -- and couldn't get from Bush.

Consequently, I wouldn't be so quick to blame the lapse of the status of forces agreement and the early exit on Bush.

Your post is filled with a lot of assumptions and no hard facts. You may be correct, but nothing you've posted there is any evidence of it.

The fact of the matter is that Bush waited until after Obama had won the 2008 election to sign that agreement -- for whatever that's worth. If what you've said is true, then why would Bush negotiate an agreement at all?