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In reply to the discussion: Will Obama's Nobel Peace Prize be revoked? [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)You want to argue that Obama wanted to keep troops in Iraq for much much longer, but Iraq made them leave, and it was the immunity deal that caused it.
That makes zero sense.
The United States has negotiated SOFAs with every country where we have troops stationed. And while we would prefer total immunity for those troops, we do actually have agreements where this is not the case.
The reason we make such deals is because we actually WANT to keep troops in those countries, and so we negotiate DOWN from total immunity. And our troops stay.
You are arguing that Obama both (a) wanted the troops to stay, but (b) was unwilling to negotiate down from full immunity.
If he wanted them to stay, he could have easily negotiated down from total immunity. But he did not.
Why?
Because we were already withdrawing. We were not going to stay forever and so there was no reason to negotiate down from total immunity.
The very funny part of this is how much stock you put in what the Iraqi leadership says on this topic.