Fact Checking U.S. Iraq Troop Withdrawal

FOX News.. there they go again blaming Obama for withdrawing troops too soon from Iraq for the mess it's in. I tried to ignore them but for the past two nights both S. Hannity and M. Kelly both are spouting what they should know is not true.

Anyone who takes ten minutes out of their time can just as easily check these facts out on the internet from multiple sources. Both have every right to air their opinions but when it comes to out right lying neither deserve any more respect then 'Tokyo Rose' or "Lord Haw-Haw" when they do.


* 'The Atlantic' (Ocober 21, 2011): U.S. Troops Are Leaving Because Iraq Doesn't Want Them There -- "The troops aren't being withdrawn because the U.S. wants them out. They're leaving because the Iraqi government refused to let them stay."

* 'The Daily Beast' (June 23, 2014): President Obama pulled U.S. forces out of Iraq in 2011 because he couldn’t get Iraq’s parliament to offer U.S. soldiers immunity from Iraqi prosecution.

* 'The Washington Post' (November 18, 2008): U.S. Security Agreements and Iraq-- "A draft of that agreement from October 2008 shows significant concessions from the U.S. side. For instance, the Bush administration agreed to a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. The agreement would also place additional restrictions on how U.S. troops conducted missions, and require a pullout from Iraqi urban areas by July 2009."