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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (941800)	6/21/2016 3:37:44 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576901

Why don;t you ask him what he thinks about whether that was a wise choice? LOL! Gawd you libs are dumb.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (941800)	6/21/2016 3:55:42 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576901

then why are we still there?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (941800)	6/21/2016 4:00:54 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576901

I wonder who was POTUS in 2009??? In an exclusive interview with Fox News, the general tackled a range of topics, from the Iran nuclear deal to the deep cuts to U.S. Army troop levels. But Odierno had pointed words on the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria – suggesting it didn’t have to be this way. “It's frustrating to watch it,” Odierno said. “I go back to the work we did in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 and we got it to a place that was really good. Violence was low, the economy was growing, politics looked like it was heading in the right direction.” Odierno said the fall of large parts of Iraq was not inevitable, reiterating concerns about the pace of the U.S. troop withdrawal there. “If we had stayed a little more engaged, I think maybe it might have been prevented,” he said. “I've always believed the United States played the role of honest broker between all the groups and when we pulled ourselves out, we lost that role.” In 2009, while still the top commander in Iraq, Odierno recommended keeping 30,000-35,000 U.S. troops after the end of 2011, when the U.S. was scheduled to pull out. The recommendation was not followed. “I think it would have been good for us to stay,” Odierno said, when asked if it was a mistake to pull out. Further, when ISIS took over large portions of Iraq last year including its second-largest city, Mosul, the White House apparently didn’t reach out to the Army officer who had spent more time commanding U.S. forces than anyone else. “All my work was given to [Joint Chiefs] Chairman [Martin] Dempsey,” Odiernio said. “I never talked directly to the president about it at that time, but I talked to the secretary of defense and I'm sure he relayed all of my thoughts,” he added.