biden’s iraq war walk-back is revisionist nonsense

Former Joe Biden said in recent interview he agrees with Jim Mattis that Obama decision to withdraw troops from Iraq was mistake, and that as president he tried to keep residual force stationed there. ... In 2013, Biden said that he and Obama felt happy and.. fulfilled with..

biden again misrepresents iraq war stance

In his interview with NPR, Biden also touted his in removing American combat troops from Iraq, claiming Obama administration won the conflict... When the president and I, President Obama and I, won he gave me the objective of getting American combat troops out of Iraq,..

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us poised to designate iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist

The decision to designate Revolutionary Guard who revealed that Iran is responsible for the deaths of more than 600 American service members Iraq, higher than the previous estimate of 500.. Obama administration downplayed the scope and nature of these murders in the interest of promoting..

is this the change we can believe in?

The problem is that the promises embody policy of rebooting imperial project that, will plunge U.S and Southwest Asia into commitment that may end up being disaster than U.S and occupation of Iraq.. Obama has approved sending 17,000 more U.S troops to Afghanistan and signed off on the..

the liberal neocon

The occupation and building of the five enduring military bases Iraq, fulfilling Obama's campaign promise to maintain a strike force in the region, # and. ..

panetta on first iraq trip

I'll encourage them to make decision he told reporters traveling with him on tour of the war zones Afghanistan and Iraq.. Obama has pledged in agreement with Iraqi government to withdraw the remaining 46,000 U.S troops in the country by Dec 31... ..

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trump to keep the us military in syria without new authorization

Another AUMF was also passed in 2002, and it allowed the use of military force Iraq.  After Bush, Obama administration used AUMF to justify airstrikes against ISIS, and other terrorist groups, arguing that  ISIS was al-Qaeda's Iraq from 2004 to 2014.. ..

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can the u.s. defeat isis without a war powers deal?

Carter and he and Congress are still nowhere near agreement on new war powers for campaign to defeat ISIS Syria and Iraq.. ... Under his approach, Obama administration would be authorized to continue fighting against ISIS Iraq and Syria, while limiting the use of ground troops..

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voters now rate gop ahead of dems on foreign policy

President Obama on Wednesday will use his commencement address at West Point to explain and defend U.S in the aftermath of Iraq and Afghanistan and outline his vision for the remainder of his presidency and the speech could not come at better time.. ... By the end of 2016 similar to..

obama: iraq won't stand alone

In getting out of Iraq, Obama emphasized that our in Middle East endures and United States wo not soften in its defense of its interests.. ... On Monday, speaking as chief, Obama put the focus on Iraq's future... ..

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