#1 If President Obama is going to pat himself on the back for as he put it "ending the war in Iraq" then I'm sorry if it upsets you Kirkland he accepted ownership of withdrawing the troops.
#2 There was a Status of Forces Agreement that was put in place by George W. Bush and the time of the lapse of that agreement was 12/31/2011 (Obama started his first term 1/20/09 ) but Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said he believed a force of "perhaps several tens of thousands of American troops" would remain even after that as a residual force. (fyi Sec. Gates also served under Obama until July 1, 2011)
#3 "Obama doesn't miss intelligence briefings"...oh really? You have such an intimate knowledge of his schedule. "Like probably every other prez" ...again such great knowledge....no FACTS OR DATA to back up your accusations.
#4 If you're going to blame the "intelligence community" for mistakes then I'm guessing it's probably best to actually show up to a meeting more than half the time and see if he can't iron out the kinks in the intelligence community of which he knows so much he doesn't have to attend their briefings.
#5 President Obama had accurate intelligence on ISIS provided to him before the 2012 election and yet here we are. And it's probably likely that Obama doesn't attend those briefings so he can pass the blame when he fouls up and misses something important like ooooh I don't know being able to locate and save James Foley.
Oh and Kirkland you want some FACTS & DATA?
http://www.armed-services.senate.gov...n_02-11-14.pdf
Page 9 at the bottom reads and I quote:
"Al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI), also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL): AQI/ISIL probably will attempt to take territory in Iraq and Syria to exhibit its strength in 2014, as demonstrated recently in Ramadi and Fallujah, and the group's ability to concurrently maintain multiple safe havens in Syria."
.....but I mean President Obama DOES read those things right? I mean you of all people know that, you're 100% certain about it aren't you?
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