NEWSMAX: …President Obama] explained the “forces that have always possibly pulled Iraq apart are stronger now.” He said it was up to “the Iraqi leadership to try to pull the politics of the country back together again.”
Had the United States gotten involved in the conflict in neighboring Syria, there was not a “simple solution” that would have prevented the turmoil in Iraq, Obama said, adding that the United States would not inhabit other countries in order to contain terrorists…
The pullout of U.S. troops in Afghanistan would not change due to the situation in Iraq, Obama said. He indicated the United States would leave a residual force in Afghanistan if it obtains a security agreement, but said other countries were responsible for their own protection… (more)
