Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq!
Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.
The people elected us to end the talk and to act decisively.
Let me just say, I think there's a reasonable criticism to be made of the Obama administration on the way that it left Iraq.
There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case.
We need to be calling out the flaws and misguided decisions of the Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration.
The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.
The American people have decided that it was a mistake to choose to go to war in Iraq.
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