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What Obama would leave in Iraq?
James Traub of Foreign Policy Magazine
What Obama would leave in Iraq?
James Traub of Foreign Policy Magazine
It seems that Iraq at the present time a lost country, and he loves the Republicans blaming President Barack Obama's administration for this loss. He repeated the governor of Indiana, Mike Pence candidate for vice president this accusation in the presidential debate this week, claiming that "Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate the status of US forces in Iraq that would allow some US combat troops to stay in Iraq and secure the gains made by the Convention American soldiers painstakingly by 2009, and what was Daesh able to get out of the holes in the desert. "
The fact is that Senator Tim Kaine (Democrat) , who allowed an unprecedented way for all this to pass without a response made me wonder if it feels that any reaction is doing his part on that charge, it could make him lose the debate.
But Obama supporters usually they scoff at the claim that the blame on Obama " , " saying that the Iraqis are the ones who wasted Iraq, led by Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki, a man Shiites strong , who has not forgotten his identity sectarianism, and clashed with the Sunnis , who are themselves Assassin ancestors organization Daesh, intended here al - Qaida in Iraq, along with US forces. And gave al - Maliki in the end all his papers into the arms of Iran, a large Shiite power in the region, which was ready to support the campaign against the Sunnis.
Most of the blame must fall on al - Maliki and Iran, and on Bashar al - Assad in Syria, which is on a peaceful demonstration against his rule into a war eligibility and allowed to organize Daesh to grow. If George W. Bush had not launched his war on Iraq, what could have Daesh to be able to exploit the vacuum there, but Will Obama bears, too, some of the responsibility for compromising the achievements, or lack of access to those "gains painstakingly"? I think he has a responsibility as well.
When Obama was in 2008, a presidential candidate, was the war in Afghanistan represents a matter ofurgency for him and he represents Iraq fiasco , which depletes the American blood and money. When Obama visited Iraq in July of that year, he said Gen. David Petraeus said the United States needs to withdraw its troops quickly from Iraq because "Afghanistan is the central front in the war on terrorism." Petraeus replied ,"that Iraq and by what he says al - Qaida is the central front" ..
at that time, Petraeus was expressing a minority view and Obama is supported on a large scale. Because theAmerican people had been suffering Ktaramen the war in Iraq - because the war was seen widely as an error is catastrophic - and had a few people are willing to accept the idea that in spite of that, this war isnecessary, but at a later time, it became clear this matter clearly, it was al - Qaida in Iraq already is the unity of the fastest growing and most beneficial to the terrorist network, while Osama bin Laden and his group were hiding in the mountains of Pakistan.
Let us imagine for a moment that in spite of Obama 's focus his campaign on his opposition to the Iraq war, it had In other words , Petraeus convinced and decided that the Iraq war is necessary at least as Afghanistan.Does he could do something that would make a difference?
Sparked Republican Sen. pence a vital theme is "Status of Forces Agreement , " a Convention , which theIraqis refused to sign it in 2011, and thus get out all US troops. Obama administration officials, as well as neutral observers, pointed out long ago that the Iraqis refused to give immunity to US forces against possible legal action, making Washington does not agree to this deal. However, according to many accounts, the al -Maliki agreed to codify this understanding in the executive agreement, but the Obama administration insisted on the need to obtain the approval of the parliament - which al - Maliki said he could not do. The Obama administration decided not to engage in such risky She believes that there is no need to keep the troops in Iraq. By the time the issue came to a head in the summer of 2011, Obama, who was facing a huge pressure on the budget situation after three years of stagnation and the increasing military presence in Afghanistan, he was willing to keep the small number is 3,500.
The Ministry of Defense I asked to keep 16,000 troops. And it is safe to say that even with a unit that magnitude, the United States is not able to crush al - Qaida. And supported al - Maliki 's campaign against theSunni political leaders , tribal extremists much larger than the US troops who were targeted .. fast is
one thing the United States learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is able to win battles, but it can not solve the problems that are essentially political in nature . This is what makes the Obama administration committed serious errors of judgment. In 2009, he traveled to Iraq with US Vice President Joe Biden, Obama , who had been entrusted with the Iraq dossier. Despite the concern of sectarian attitudes among al - Maliki, Biden assured me that the hustle and bustle of the Iraqi policy that accommodates the increasingly will force the leaders to get out of the framework of their own rules. "These guys put their pants on one leg at a time.""They are still politicians." But Biden was wrong: with the support of Iran's unwavering, the owners can be carried out safely the worst intentions. Pluralist democracy has not produced in Iraq, but produced forms of ethnic nationalism competition.
Maliki is the wrong man for both Iraq and the United States, critics of the administration say that after theparliamentary elections of 2010 defeat al - Maliki narrowly in front of the Iraqi National Movement non -sectarian, could have US officials, but they should be Azihoh from office. It was very easy to lead to anincrease in the influence of the United States. In 2014, Dexter Filkins reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine that Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran 's Qods Force, an agreement among Iraqi leaders to keep al -Maliki in office. US diplomats then sought to salvage the situation by persuading al - Maliki to create new post of leader of the Iraqi National Movement , Iyad Allawi. Maliki was confident that Allawi would not give any real responsibility, and fizzled out such arrangements.
But the fact that you can not do everything does not mean you can not do anything. Just as Bush gave up virtually all of Afghanistan to focus on Iraq , Obama has allowed the situation in Iraq to stumble on his own has argued , Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq in 2007-2009, the US presence has prevented Iraqi communities that tearing each other, "but the disengagement them to return to thinking from scratch."Obama believes that the Iraqis will not fend for themselves , but if the United States ceased to mediate in resolving all their differences. The fact that it has now sent 4,500 troops to the country is the most obvious evidence of how that that assumption was wrong.
But Obama supporters usually they scoff at the claim that the blame on Obama " , " saying that the Iraqis are the ones who wasted Iraq, led by Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki, a man Shiites strong , who has not forgotten his identity sectarianism, and clashed with the Sunnis , who are themselves Assassin ancestors organization Daesh, intended here al - Qaida in Iraq, along with US forces. And gave al - Maliki in the end all his papers into the arms of Iran, a large Shiite power in the region, which was ready to support the campaign against the Sunnis.
Most of the blame must fall on al - Maliki and Iran, and on Bashar al - Assad in Syria, which is on a peaceful demonstration against his rule into a war eligibility and allowed to organize Daesh to grow. If George W. Bush had not launched his war on Iraq, what could have Daesh to be able to exploit the vacuum there, but Will Obama bears, too, some of the responsibility for compromising the achievements, or lack of access to those "gains painstakingly"? I think he has a responsibility as well.
When Obama was in 2008, a presidential candidate, was the war in Afghanistan represents a matter ofurgency for him and he represents Iraq fiasco , which depletes the American blood and money. When Obama visited Iraq in July of that year, he said Gen. David Petraeus said the United States needs to withdraw its troops quickly from Iraq because "Afghanistan is the central front in the war on terrorism." Petraeus replied ,"that Iraq and by what he says al - Qaida is the central front" ..
at that time, Petraeus was expressing a minority view and Obama is supported on a large scale. Because theAmerican people had been suffering Ktaramen the war in Iraq - because the war was seen widely as an error is catastrophic - and had a few people are willing to accept the idea that in spite of that, this war isnecessary, but at a later time, it became clear this matter clearly, it was al - Qaida in Iraq already is the unity of the fastest growing and most beneficial to the terrorist network, while Osama bin Laden and his group were hiding in the mountains of Pakistan.
Let us imagine for a moment that in spite of Obama 's focus his campaign on his opposition to the Iraq war, it had In other words , Petraeus convinced and decided that the Iraq war is necessary at least as Afghanistan.Does he could do something that would make a difference?
Sparked Republican Sen. pence a vital theme is "Status of Forces Agreement , " a Convention , which theIraqis refused to sign it in 2011, and thus get out all US troops. Obama administration officials, as well as neutral observers, pointed out long ago that the Iraqis refused to give immunity to US forces against possible legal action, making Washington does not agree to this deal. However, according to many accounts, the al -Maliki agreed to codify this understanding in the executive agreement, but the Obama administration insisted on the need to obtain the approval of the parliament - which al - Maliki said he could not do. The Obama administration decided not to engage in such risky She believes that there is no need to keep the troops in Iraq. By the time the issue came to a head in the summer of 2011, Obama, who was facing a huge pressure on the budget situation after three years of stagnation and the increasing military presence in Afghanistan, he was willing to keep the small number is 3,500.
The Ministry of Defense I asked to keep 16,000 troops. And it is safe to say that even with a unit that magnitude, the United States is not able to crush al - Qaida. And supported al - Maliki 's campaign against theSunni political leaders , tribal extremists much larger than the US troops who were targeted .. fast is
one thing the United States learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is able to win battles, but it can not solve the problems that are essentially political in nature . This is what makes the Obama administration committed serious errors of judgment. In 2009, he traveled to Iraq with US Vice President Joe Biden, Obama , who had been entrusted with the Iraq dossier. Despite the concern of sectarian attitudes among al - Maliki, Biden assured me that the hustle and bustle of the Iraqi policy that accommodates the increasingly will force the leaders to get out of the framework of their own rules. "These guys put their pants on one leg at a time.""They are still politicians." But Biden was wrong: with the support of Iran's unwavering, the owners can be carried out safely the worst intentions. Pluralist democracy has not produced in Iraq, but produced forms of ethnic nationalism competition.
Maliki is the wrong man for both Iraq and the United States, critics of the administration say that after theparliamentary elections of 2010 defeat al - Maliki narrowly in front of the Iraqi National Movement non -sectarian, could have US officials, but they should be Azihoh from office. It was very easy to lead to anincrease in the influence of the United States. In 2014, Dexter Filkins reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine that Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran 's Qods Force, an agreement among Iraqi leaders to keep al -Maliki in office. US diplomats then sought to salvage the situation by persuading al - Maliki to create new post of leader of the Iraqi National Movement , Iyad Allawi. Maliki was confident that Allawi would not give any real responsibility, and fizzled out such arrangements.
But the fact that you can not do everything does not mean you can not do anything. Just as Bush gave up virtually all of Afghanistan to focus on Iraq , Obama has allowed the situation in Iraq to stumble on his own has argued , Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq in 2007-2009, the US presence has prevented Iraqi communities that tearing each other, "but the disengagement them to return to thinking from scratch."Obama believes that the Iraqis will not fend for themselves , but if the United States ceased to mediate in resolving all their differences. The fact that it has now sent 4,500 troops to the country is the most obvious evidence of how that that assumption was wrong.
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