[A Navy Vet]

"It's worth noting that the Obama administration was negotiating an extension of the U.S. military presence in Iraq through 2010, but ended up walking away from the negotiations under pressure from senior U.S. military leaders who were adamant that they would never allow U.S. military personnel to remain in Iraq unless they were given full immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts. This was a point that Iraq's leaders would not accept, so the U.S. left them to deal with their own sh!t-hole."

I clearly remember the "immunity" requirement. However, I don't believe that Obama would allow any "pressure" from the military. But then, that may be why he fired so many top brass. Geeze, I hate giving him ANY credit for anything, and I'm still not certain why that is why he didn't insist while in a position of absolute power that "immunity" would be non-negotiable.

[Alberta's Child]

It wasn’t just the military brass. Even the leftist lawyers that littered his administration would have told him the same thing. You can’t leave military personnel in a combat role in a sovereign nation without having a clear agreement on their legal status. Sending soldiers into that kind of environment is an invitation for a large-scale mutiny.