In 2006, Democrats won control of the House and the Senate.  Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid were determined to force Bush to withdraw from Iraq, regardless of the cost.  Bush knew this was a huge mistake, so he gave a speech in August of 2006 explaining what was at risk.  Following is an excerpt from that speech:

“If we leave Iraq before the job is done, it will create a terrorist state in the heart of the Middle East, a terrorist state much more dangerous than Afghanistan was before we removed the Taliban, a terrorist state with the capacity to fund its activities because of the oil reserves of Iraq.”

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were unsuccessful in ending the war while Bush was in office.  They certainly tried, with Harry Reid declaring the surge a failure before it even started.  But George W. Bush was determined to not let this happen on his watch.  He stood up to opposition within his own party, because George W. Bush knew exactly what was at stake.

When Barack Obama was elected President he promised to end the “unnecessary war” in Iraq.   Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid rejoiced.  Obama was successful in withdrawing from Iraq, without regard to the cost.  He not only ignored the warning from President Bush, he ignored warnings from his own Military Commanders and his own National Security Team.

ISIS is doing exactly what Bush warned us about in 2006.  The threat from ISIS is so severe that even President Obama has authorized air strikes.  Christians and other ethnic groups are being slaughtered.   ISIS responded to the air strikes by beheading James Foley, an American journalist who was kidnapped in Syria.

Congratulations to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama.   Your leadership has produced exactly the results we were warned to expect.  Perhaps the best thing to do at this point is to give thanks to those who made this all possible.

TDM