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In reply to the discussion: U.S. talking to Chalabi, originator of WMD lies, while pushing to replace Iraqi leader Maliki [View all]bigtree
(85,977 posts). . . no accountability for the architects and orchestrators in the last administration; no clear repudiation of those crimes, abuses, and mistakes from the succeeding administration.
Pres. Obama accepted and adopted both Bush justifications that we were defending democracy in Iraq and defending our national security. That made a return militarily likely and probably inevitable.
I see where Carney said the president is interested in repealing the 2002 AUMF, but it's hard to believe he'd completely cut the lines of opportunity to interject our military in some way in Iraq. He's still enamored (albeit, not as much as Bush and Cheney) with the U.S.'s Iraq prize.
Pres. Obama just can't let go of the notion that there's something the U.S. military is good for in Iraq. There's almost no realization apparent from the administration that U.S. military activity in these supposedly sovereign nations does little more than fuel and foster violent, resistant opposition. It's right there in Bush's own intelligence assessments. It's not rocket science.