Hillary Clinton Fires Back at Jeb Bush on Iraq Withdrawal

[applegrove]

Hillary Clinton Fires Back at Jeb Bush on Iraq Withdrawal

by Zeke J. Miller at Time

http://time.com/3999202/clinton-bush-iraq-premature-withdrawal/

"SNIP................


Speaking at a town hall in Dubuque, Iowa, the Democratic presidential hopeful noted that Bush’s brother, former President George W. Bush, had signed the U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement that scheduled the drawdown of American troops from Iraq — adding that former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had been unwilling to allow the U.S. to maintain an advisory, training, and intelligence force in his country after 2010.

“[Jeb Bush] expects the American people to have a collective case of amnesia,” Clinton said, in response to a question about the Middle East. She said she found Bush’s comments on Tuesday — that the “premature withdrawal” from Iraq had been a “fatal error” that paved the way for ISIS

Maliki had been uncooperative in negotiations to keep American troops on the ground longer, she said, and was responsible for the destruction of the U.S.-trained Iraqi military. “He had the agreement signed by George W. Bush!” she added. Later in her remarks, Clinton appeared to accidentally refer to her would-be Republicans rival as “George Bush,” before correcting herself, joking, “I get confused…oh well.”

Bush wasn’t the only GOP candidate to come in for criticism by the Democratic frontrunner. Earlier in the town hall, Clinton criticized Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for cutting his state’s support of higher education. “It’s really so disappointing,” she said. “He basically slashed funding for colleges and universities. He eliminated some of the loans and scholarship programs…He has made it more expensive and harder for people in Wisconsin to send their kids to college.”




..............SNIP"

[OKNancy]

1. Love to see her slam the Republicans n/t

[Thinkingabout]

2. W's wrongful invasion of Iraq and prisons set up was the birth place of ISIS.

Jeb can attempt to rewrite history and it seems lol his campaign manager is Dick Cheney. I would not be bringing up Iraq, the worst foreign affair of my life.

[libdem4life]

3. The Dumber Brother...talk about loose screws.

[ericson00]

5. Oh yea, at least George was slick, Jeb is just slippery

Can't copy the fake southern accent, can't make a good joke (Veto Corleone??), can't even come close to his bro and dads nomination domination. George went to better schools too.

[brer cat]

4. Before this primary season ends,

we will learn how Obama and Hillary conspired to start the Iraq war and force W to clean up the mess, which he did masterfully and with great economy of dollars, resources, and lives.

[oasis]

6. Give 'em hell Hill.

[Cha]

7. Good on Hillary! thanks apple~

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Now if only the media

Would bring up stuff like this instead of acting like stenographers for the GOP

[Fawke Em]

9. She voted for the damn war in the first place.

SMH

[navarth]

10. That is true

but you're not going to make any friends in this thread saying it

[douggg]

11. Leaving Iraq was what GWB wanted and

arranged.

Jeb's revisionist history does not change that.