[Jim in CT]

US troops are moving back into Iraq to secure the huge embassy. Obama is also considering using special forces to work with Iraqi military to help them deal with the terrorists. I guess Obama learned about this by watching CNN, and decided he needed to do something.

regardless of how Obama felt about this war to begin with, he inherited a much more stable Iraq. Obama announced to the world (and the bad guys were listening) exactly when we would be withdrawing. Many people warned this was a dumb strategy, as the bad guys would simply go into hiding and wait until we left, and then start the massacre.Obama disagreed. Who was right and who was wrong, exactly?

As usual, once enough time has passed to see the effect of his policy, we see a significant deterioration. If we simply left a small peace-keeping force there, then maybe (no way of knowing for sure) we wouldn't be deailing with such an amboldened enemy. So now our forces are going back anyway, but facing a more dangerous threat than existed when we left.

Kudos, Mr President. Kudos. Maybe Jay-Z can write a rap song about your presidency and all the spectacular things that have resulted from it.