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But the decision to leave Iraq by that date was not actually taken by President Obama — it was taken by President George W. Bush, and by the Iraqi government.
In one of his final acts in office, President Bush in December of 2008 had signed a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Iraqi government that set the clock ticking on ending the war he’d launched in March of 2003. The SOFA provided a legal basis for the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq after the United Nations Security Council mandate for the occupation mission expired at the end of 2008. But it required that all U.S. forces be gone from Iraq by January 1, 2012, unless the Iraqi government was willing to negotiate a new agreement that would extend their mandate.
Iraq’s Government, Not Obama, Called Time on the U.S. Troop Presence | TIME.com
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They, the Iraqi government, Shia dominant BTW, ISIS are Sunni, wanted us to GTFO and we did.
Don't blame the "son" for the "father's" sins ...
ISIS attacked the Iraqi and Syrian governments. Iranians are Shia. It's complicated and their war is 1000+ years old
Shiaâ--Sunni relations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia