Obama Marks End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq, Salutes Bush

September 1, 2010 by legitgov

Obama Marks End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq, Salutes Bush 31 Aug 2010 President Obama praised President [sic] Bush's commitment to U.S. troops Tuesday as he announced a close to combat operations in Iraq that he said cost America a "huge price." While not explicitly crediting Bush for shepherding the 2007 troop surge... Obama highlighted Bush's commitment to U.S. security. "It's well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset," Obama said. "Yet no one could doubt President Bush's support for our troops, or his love of country and commitment to our security [except when Dick Cheney ordered NORAD to stand down on 9/11 and had anthrax sent from Fort Detrick so the Patriot Act would sail through Congress]. As I have said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it..." [As a member of the 'professional left,' my sincere hope is that the Birthers find or fabricate evidence that Obama wasn't born in the US so that he can't run for re-election in 2012. --LRP]