I enjoy the silliness of John McCain's echo of the conservative counterfactual tale that, had President Obama left a residual force in Iraq, we wouldn't be facing the situation we have today.
Riiiight.
We would have faced this situation a year ago instead, and we'd have US boots on the ground, dying at the front line, if it were up to John McCain and the Republicans. Only in their fantasy world do Sunni Iraqi troops stay at their stations at the front line, repelling all attacks, just because Americans were behind them. You and I know what would have actually happened: Iraqi Sunni soldiers would run back to the rear where the Americans were.
Secondly, ISIS began in Syria, not Iraq. Without intervention -- US boots -- in Syria, ISIS would remain a threat to take over Syria. But remember, a year ago more than half of Americans were opposed to military action in Syria, eventually leading to the current chemical weapons removal process. We wouldn't have done anything except to maintain as much of the status quo borders. Let us not forget however, that US support was firmly against staying in Iraq in the first place.
Thirdly, perhaps Republicans have forgotten, but under Al Maliki and the ongoing Sunni-Shia civil war, our men and women were being shot at from behind their backs. This is what the GOP wanted us to defend? It wasn't until Al Maliki was gone, did Iraq finally form a coalition government, this week.
It's all spurious garbage coming out of John McCain and conservatives, devoid of real facts. Their hindsight, rather than being 20-20, is functionally blind.
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