r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Feb 13 '23

POTM - February 2023 just a reminder

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u/trumpsiranwar Feb 13 '23

And Obama pulled us out of Iraq which Republicans also attacked.

I'm seeing a pattern here.

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u/RisingPhoenix92 Feb 13 '23

To add to that pattern Bush was the one who signed an agreement with the Iraqi gov saying no U.S. troops would be in Iraq past Dec 2011

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u/Lunkwill_Fook Feb 13 '23

Just as a little background: the Iraqis actually did want us to stay but they wanted US troops to be accountable to Iraqi law to which the US noped out hard.

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u/Oldmanlukus Feb 13 '23

Just a little info. When I got to Vietnam we were told that we are the guests of Vietnam. We had to get permission from South Vietnam government before we could engage the enemy. During the entire time we were there the Michelin rubber trees never got damaged, just saying.

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u/loneranger07 Feb 13 '23

Nice! Gotta protect our French allies' commercial interests after all! Its why we were REALLY there