Iraq-
Bush- He started the war in 2003. At first the war when the war was started it was supported, but when there were no WMD found it lost support. Abu Ghraib incident also caused popularity loss. Bush was accused of not having an exit stategy from the war. His goal was to establish a democratic government over there. More troops were sent in 2007 to bring down the violence, which worked. Towards 2008 he began to bring bacik troops. In his inaguration it was hard for him because it was a close election and people thought he shouldn't be president. Dick Chaney was his running mate.
Obama's policies-
As a senator he opposed th Iraq war. He changed the focus to Afghanistan. By the end of 2011 all of the U.S. troops were pulled out of Iraq.
Casualties- Iraqi comatants 28,736-37,120 Coalition Forces: total dead- 24,219 wounded- 117,961 Us dead: 4,487
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