White House admits to Obama 'secret' wars

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Initially President Bush also set a 'timetable' for both Afghanistan and Iraq, pledging that they would be mere military operations with 'no nation building', and that's going back to the year 2000 when he first ran for office. Both Bush and Obama ran on an anti-policeman ticket, both have been the complete opposite.

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I don't think there are any US troops left in Iraq, which is a key difference between Obama and Bush in my eyes.

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Originally Posted by Ardemax

I don't think there are any US troops left in Iraq, which is a key difference between Obama and Bush in my eyes.

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There are a few hundred left in Iraq, so you're right - although a few thousand remain across the border in Kuwait.

Anyway, on the 'key difference' the war had come to an end, and come to an end on a date which George W Bush had previously agreed back in 2008. The continuation of the Iraq war by President Obama along with agreeing to retain the Bush 2008 deadline is an exact continuation of the Bush policy meaning the only difference is the man who sits in the Oval Office - which was my entire point, they are both exactly the same.

And then we have everything else i've listed, indeed it looks as though Obama wanted them there even longer but Iraq was having none of it..

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Originally Posted by BBC

Washington had wanted to keep a small training and counter-terrorism presence in Iraq, but US officials were unable to strike a deal with Baghdad on legal issues including immunity for troops.

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