Bush won the Iraqi War. Obama has, officially, lost that war. Here is why . . . ;.

Exclusive: Iraq signs deal to buy arms, ammunition from Iran - document

BY AHMED RASHEED

BAGHDAD Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:19am EST

Editor's Notes:  We can now,  officially,  take the Iraqi War out of the win column.  Obama did not pursue the "status of forces"  worked out by Bush.  As a direct result of our retreat from the region,  under and because of Hussein Obama's feckless Middle East policies,  the more than 4,000 lives lost,  in that war,  has gone to waste.  There is simply no other way to frame this headlined event.  And to think,  that a large population of Americans still think Obama's foreign policies are a success.

Hussein Obama's Foreign Policy "Successes"  

As a reminder,  Obama's policy as to Iran has allowed that nation to become a nuclear power,  in the Middle East;  it is has allowed Iraq to partner with its one time mortal enemy,  Iran;  it (Obama's policies) has provided a staging region for al Qaeda, to train international terrorists and invade Syria;  it has been primary in the fall of the pro-West Egyptian government;  it supports the Muslim Brotherhood - an organization dedicated to the overthrow of Israel and the U.S, ;  it has destroyed the Libyan government and is directly responsible for the deaths of our ambassadors in Benghazi;  it has ended hopes for a missile defense system in both Georgia and Poland,  and continues to ignore the Chinese military build up as well as the moronic despotism of North Korea.   

U.N. Ambassador and Obama disciple, Samatha Power demonstrates exactly what is wrong this this Administrations foreign "policy."

Daniel Pearl was a news reporter,  whose head was sawed off by members of the international Islamic community.  

This pathological foreign religion is at war with its non-pathological  "other half,"  responsible for nearly all of the collateral Muslim/Arab deaths in the Iraqi war and the murderous unrest and killings in Egypt, Benghazi and Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq,  Iran, Palestine, a number of communities in Europe,  our Homeland,  and,  of course,  the sad state of affairs in Syria.  

It is not "individual accountability" and , "reconciliation" for gawd sakes,  that is required, here.  You should know that Powers,  her boss, B Obama,  and the cast of Marxist Democrat leaders currently in Congress, simply do not care that the murderous AND ORGANIZED  rage directed against all who are not part of Radical Islam, continues.  

The words   ". . . individual . . . . reconciliation" are the words that reveal just how convoluted and out of touch is this Administration.  "Feckless" does not begin to cover their extreme lack of purpose and foresight.  

Powers is telling us all that the "war on terror" is absolutely over;  that what remains (and was always the case,  from the Administration's point of view) is a criminal enterprise that needs to be dealt with via conciliatory negotiations (that never happen)  and in our civilian courts,  with the same legalese used against any common criminal(s).  

As long as our national security and my personal life (and yours) is not put in jeopardy,  with this bit of liberal, feel good,  nonsense,  I can live with it.   I do believe in local law enforcement and its increasing ability to fight terror related crimes.  Just understand this:  since the days of Bush,  we have been attacked,  in our homeland, at least 5 times; with Bush,  not once.  
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Homeland attacks since Obama.  There were no such attacks under Bush.  Strangely,  this Administration has publicly stated that "there have no terrorist attacks on the Homeland,  under this Administration."  Consider the following.  

1. One soldier was murdered by a screaming Islamist.  It is a shame,  but we have all forgotten about this incident.  I will try to dig up the details.  Our dead warrior deserves the effort. 

2.  13 soldiers were killed and 32 others were shot by an declared Islamist at Fort Hood,  a "crime" that has been framed by this Administration as "work place violence."  

3.  We have the Boston bombings - an admitted terror attack. 

4.  There was the failed Christmas Day attempt,  an effort to bring down a passenger plane filled with 240 passengers. The bomb was in underwear of  the Islamist wannbe suicide bomber.  The only reason the plot failed is that the bomb misfired and the bomber was subdued by passengers on the plane.  

5.  The was the failed attempt to set off a huge car bomb in N.Y. City.  While this attempt failed because of the ineptness of the bombers,  it was an attack on this homeland,  none-the-less.  

6.  And,  in May of 2013,  there was a full blown terror attack on a huge electric civilian terminal outside of San Jose,  California.  17 transformers were damaged in a organized attack that took more than a half hour,  with the terrorists escaping into the night,  without trace.  This "crime" was not reported until two weeks ago,  and in the reporting,  statements were made that made me believe this has not been the only such attack.  Authorities,  here in California,  believe this was a "tune-up"  for future and more effective assaults against our homeland.  

(Look for updates to this list.)

This Wall Street Journal headline tells the whole story regarding Obama's foreign policy strategies.

Barack Obama, Global Has-Been
The president would rather be loved than feared. He is neither

Obama teaching his 

enemy the handshake of “pals.”  

Editor's notes:  Anyone remember those interlocking handshakes with Hugo Chavez and the pretense that Obama was mending fences in South America?  Since then,  Chavez has crafted alliances with Iran and Russia,  acquiring more than 100 land to air missiles and 5 billion dollars to enhance its military. 

We should never forget that within months of taking office,  B Obama violated the missile defense treatise created with Poland and Czechoslovakia,  against the wishes of those two countries,  in the hopes of convincing Russia of our sincerity as to nuclear arms disarmament.  And what did he get for the continuing liberal fantasy?  A Russian government which has spent 740 billion dollars in the past three years on a new and revised airforce,  designed with the United States in mind.

He decided to “honor the sovereignty” of Iran as he ignored the pleadings of those in the Green Revolution:  “Come help us, Obama” were words on signs put onto the internet. 

He took a 10 day, four million dollar vacation to Hawaii, in December of 2011,  leaving on the very weekend  Iran charged its first nuclear reactor.   Today  (8/28/2012),  Iran has called a meeting of 120 “non-aligned” nations,  in stark contrast to any and all peace offerings coming from our Rogue President.   

His backstabbing diplomacy has turned Egypt over to the Muslim Brotherhood,  a diplomatic decision that threatens the balance of power in the Middle East and the very future of the State of Israel  --  not that Democrats care about any of this. 

While Bush won the war in Iraq,  it is very likely that Obama’s policies will find Iraq in allegiance with Iran before the end of this year. 

His war in Afghanistan is a very sad joke,  a losing effort from the moment that he (Obama) announced a deadline for an American military effort in that country,  an announcement well received,  no doubt,  by the Taliban.   Heck,  he even refused to define “victory” in that war and has put into place battlefield policies that put our troops in serious danger. 

Obama took the interrogation of captured terrorist away from the CIA and transferred this responsibility to the FBI,  thinking his military would Mirandize  battlefield captures.  As it turned out,  the FBI never installed the HIG (High Value Interrogation Groups) interrogation units. It took him a years just to sign the charter to create these units and there is no reason to believe that they have interrogated any terrorists.    This country no longer interrogates terrorists.  We either kill them in our drone attacks,  capture and release with our 72 hour policy,  or turn them over to foreign entities.  Sadly,   we know far less about terrorist plans today,  than we knew in 2002,  thanks to Obama’s terrorist strategies.  

Headline site:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577615300669832384.html