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Obama: The Iraq ‘bug out’ was not my idea

By Larry Elder
Published August 14, 2014 10:10pm ET
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Obama: The Iraq ‘bug out’ was not my idea
U.S. Army soldiers stand in formation as they prepare to leave Iraq on December 8, 2011 at Camp Virginia, near Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images) | Joe Raedle

After our ill-advised complete withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, President Obama now sends hundreds of “advisors” and orders airstrikes.

Let’s re-visit.

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