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Iraq win squandered

What is wrong with the Republicans at all levels who are tripping all over a question asked about whether “knowing what you know now” would you have gone into the war with Iraq?

The answer, very simply, is no, and anyone who knows what has transpired would also say no.

But of greater importance than the answer, the reason for the answer is blatantly clear and has nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction, George W. Bush or any of the other activities leading up to the Iraq war.

The reason is that we now know that President Barack Obama withdrew all military troops from what was clearly a fledgling government, rather than provide whatever support necessary to grow on the success of the surge as experienced in 2008-2009. Instead, a fledgling government has been allowed to fail along with the potential for developing an Iraq that would block Iran and any other form of Islamic militancy from threatening peace in the Middle East, Israel and the rest of the world.

The answer is No! No! No! because Obama destroyed the success of the surge, wasted the significance of the sacrifices within our brave military, and totally quashed the hopes of the Iraqis who so proudly displayed their purple thumbs when given the opportunity to vote.

Given what we know today, nobody in his right mind would start such an endeavor if the expectation were known that a subsequent American president would destroy whatever success was accomplished.

Are all Republicans afraid of Obama? Afraid of the Democrats? Afraid of the Islamists? I don’t want to be negative, but I am starting to lose confidence in the Republicans at all levels of national leadership.

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