President Obama: Highlights and Lowlights in Iraq
President Obama's best known involvement in the Iraq war is withdrawing troops. He ended the war after 9 years of it going on. This war caused death to 4,400 U.S. troops. The total cost of the war was $700 billion. Some people are asking if keeping them in Iraq that long was really worth it. Vice President, Joe Biden, said that "history would have to judge."
Obama had vowed to end the war in Iraq when he was a 2008 presidential candidate. I think it's great that a president actually did one of the things that he promised to do for us. What I think is wrong about this is that Saddam Hussein died in 2006. The reason we were fighting in Iraq is so that the Iraqis would be free from his harsh governing. Why did Obama leave the troops in there that much longer after his death? Obama should have done a better job of getting the troops out sooner.
President Obama and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have had a video conference. He said al-Maliki "spoke of determination of the Iraqi people to forge their own future," and that both the leaders are "in full agreement about how to move forward." I'm glad that the two leaders have embarked on a strong and enduring partnership. This will strengthen the broken relationship between the United States and Iraq.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-announces-end-of-iraq-war-troops-to-return-home-by-year-end/
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Well done!