By David
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed Sunday that by announcing the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq, President Barack Obama had "lost the war."
The candidate told CBS' Bob Schieffer that the Republican reaction to the president's announcement had been scathing because the Obama administration failed to convince Iraq to give U.S. troops immunity from prosecution.
"We have a president that was not able to set conditions and actually have the kind of influence over the Iraqi government," Santorum complained. "Now, three years the president has had to work with the Iraq government, to try to mold and shape that relationship. And to be in a position where really the Iranians now have more sway over the Iraqi government then the United States just shows the weakness of our diplomatic effort, the weakness of this president." READ MORE
A collection of articles defining our times. The pages contain clickable links, don't let the titles fool you, some of the best articles have very non-descript titles and there are usually more articles on the matters in the days and week pages the links land on so it's a sort of treasure hunt through history, Enjoy!
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