Reply #90: And made the wrong choice

[zipplewrath]

"You can't turn around a fucked up war effort overnight. The Obama admin has put much more thought into this than Dems give them credit for."

Biden tried to get him to do a much scaled down version of the war. Obama chose to support the corrupt Karzai government and triple Bush's troop commitment. That was a choice that Obama made, nothing forced upon him.

The Status of forces agreement was negotiated between Bush and Iraq in 2008 before he left office. It laid out the time table for withdrawl and Bush worked hard to make it as long as possible. Obama has made no substative changes to it's length or size. And he kept on Gates who was instrumental in its negotiation.