Politics Trumps Security in Obama's Bungled Troop Negotiations with Iraq

I want them home too. Have too many folks I know in the Military....but we have turned into a Country where Politics trumps EVERYTHING. Even our military leaders....

After denying last week that the negotiations to extend the U.S. troop presence in Iraq were failing, the Obama Administration pivoted on Friday as President Obama announced that the U.S. troop presence would not be extended.

The President sought to turn a dangerous outcome for Iraq’s security and the war against terrorists into a political boost for his reelection campaign by declaring in a televised speech: “Today, I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays.”