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WORTH REMEMBERING ON 9/11: Obama’s legacy was self-inflicted defeat everywhere we faced Islamist ter…

Instapundit Blog Archive-- WORTH REMEMBERING ON 9/11

"SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

WORTH REMEMBERING ON 9/11: Obama’s legacy was self-inflicted defeat everywhere we faced Islamist terror. 
Plus, some history, worth repeating again:
Obama whines he just didn’t ‘have the tools’ to act on Syria.
Related: Obama seems eager to massage his legacy as it’s being written. We, therefore, are obliged to get the record right.
Well, here’s some history for you:
Rachel Maddow Tries to Rewrite History of Obama ‘Ending the War’ in Iraq.
Flashback: No Doubt About It — We’re Back in a Ground War in Iraq.
Without much fanfare, Obama has dramatically reversed his Iraq policy — sending thousands of troops back in the country after he declared the war over, engaging in ground combat despite initially promising that his strategy “will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil.” Well, they’re on foreign soil, and they’re fighting.
It would have been easier — and would have cost far fewer lives — if we had just stayed. 
But Obama had to have a campaign issue.
And I suppose I should repeat my Iraq War history lesson: Things were going so well as late as 2010 that the Obama Administration was bragging about Iraq as one of its big foreign policy successes.

In the interest of historical accuracy, I think I’ll repeat this post again:
BOB WOODWARD: Bush Didn’t Lie About WMD, And Obama Sure Screwed Up Iraq In 2011...
Plus: Maybe that Iraq withdrawal was a bad thing in hindsight. 
Obama’s actions, if not his words, suggest that even he may think so.---Posted by 

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