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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone believe that if Gore had been inaugurated as POTUS in 2000, [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)In July of 2008, Bush adopted the 16 month time line that Obama had proposed as early as Dec 2007.
Obama campaigned on that timeline for MONTHs before Bush adopted it.
Prior to July 2008, Bush opposed anytime line.
Bush switched and adopted the 16 month time line mainly to provide some cover for McCain, in a last minute attempt to reduce the impact of the Iraq war on McCain's failing campaign.
Just before leaving office, and after Obama won the 2008 election, Bush signed the agreement which followed Obama's original 16 month withdraw proposal.
And then as President, Obama ended the war (in 19 months), even as Republicans screamed that he should be adding more troops (perhaps you missed that).
Your claim that the withdraw was Bush's plan is silly, it was Obama's plan, Bush adopted it on the way out the door, and then Obama actually implemented it.
Regardless of any of this however, your initial claim that Obama EXPANDED that war is simply nonsense.