National Stats during Obama Admin

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(01-20-2017, 12:27 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Nope, never heard of Fallujah!   But I'll be nice and give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't see that I posted about Fallujah in my first post.

Yes, we were trying and both sides knew they weren't ready, but both sides also expected that some troops would be left behind to help, that was a number that was being negotiated (first 10k, then 7k, 5k, 3k then non-military to supervise the transition). Obama yanked them all out in October instead of waiting until mid-December (end of the year and timeline deadline) which would've given them more time to negotiate as well.

What happened in Fallujah in 2004?  It was ongoing problem that didn't suddenly start out of the blue in 2014 when ISIS "moved in" after we withdrew. The government of Iraq knew if they didn't sign a new status of forces agreement we weren't going to keep troops there.