I agree, I've always found the sudden American withdrawal from Iraq just as the country was starting to function and recover from that disastrous war, as completely irresponsible. Never understood how most of the people that opposed the war on Iraq so vigorously were also pushing for American troops to leave the country ASAP afterwards.Withdrawing from Iraq in December 2011 didn't help things, now did it?
I was always of the position that if you make a mess, you need clean it up. Obama had the chance to transform the disastrous Iraq War legacy into a success story, instead he caved in to a kneejerk populist reaction. Now it can truly be said that the Iraq War was in vain.