“In six short years, Iraq has gone from being well on the road to a stable, secular democracy…”Ha ha, you’re joking, right? Iraq was well on the way to being handed over to the corrupt Maliki regime, who decided payback against Saddam’s Sunni favorites was more important than national unity or stability. Unsurprisingly, the Sunnis took violent exception & were more than happy to tolerate extremists among their ranks.Bush set the stage for what has become an out of control, costly mess. Obama’s main failure was not acknowledging the truth of the situation from day one of his Presidency.
“In six short years, Iraq has gone from being well on the road to a stable, secular democracy…”Ha ha, you’re joking, right? Iraq was well on the way to being handed over to the corrupt Maliki regime, who decided payback against Saddam’s Sunni favorites was more important than national unity or stability. Unsurprisingly, the Sunnis took violent exception & were more than happy to tolerate extremists among their ranks.Bush set the stage for what has become an out of control, costly mess. Obama’s main failure was not acknowledging the truth of the situation from day one of his Presidency.