There is nothing "solved," in Iraq, that's for sure. And when nations are led into war based on proven lies what exactly are we suppose to "win."

Lies: Saddam having nuclear, biological or chemical WMD and links to 9/11.

The real victory (based on the real reasons for the war) would be American and Western countries getting oil; a Kurd Civil War would probably be okay with the oil companies.

Re: quote from the clip: "President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw 142,000 US soldiers from Iraq over 16 months and redeploy many...."

Obama says he'll send 17,000 troops to Afghanistan...which is not "many of them" compared to 142,000.

Not that even this is all great or anything, imo, but he's wal...

There is nothing "solved," in Iraq, that's for sure. And when nations are led into war based on proven lies what exactly are we suppose to "win."

Lies: Saddam having nuclear, biological or chemical WMD and links to 9/11.

The real victory (based on the real reasons for the war) would be American and Western countries getting oil; a Kurd Civil War would probably be okay with the oil companies.

Re: quote from the clip: "President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw 142,000 US soldiers from Iraq over 16 months and redeploy many...."

Obama says he'll send 17,000 troops to Afghanistan...which is not "many of them" compared to 142,000.

Not that even this is all great or anything, imo, but he's walked into office with two public wars going on, doesn't want to see "The Fall of Kabul," and wants to get the al-Qaeda leadership behind 9/11 and that's where they're actually hiding (not in Iraq).

Inheriting two wars and an economic meltdown sure add to the challenges of the job; thank goodness the Republicans weren't allowed to continue to make it worse and worse.