[Lamplighter]

OK, here are your 2+3

Originally Posted by Lamplighter
justification for draw down of troops from the middle east
Again more ideological with no actual policy directive.

1) Obama followed through on the Bush plan to remove ALL combat troops from Iraq
Reuters
12/18/11
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war

(Reuters) - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday,
ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and
tens of thousands of Iraqi lives, and left a country grappling with political uncertainty.

2) Obama established in2009 and re-affirmed and re-affirmed (2013) in his speech 5/23/13
his commitment to removal of troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

Originally Posted by Lamplighter
closure of Gitmo,

Been wanting that for over 5 years
... still hasn't happened, yet with all that is going on still no answers. FAIL.

Obama being blocked by Congress was widely reported,
but do you trust the Washington Times ?

Washinton Times
12/8/10

President Obama’s campaign pledge to shutter the facility in Cuba.

Congress on Wednesday signaled it won’t close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
or allow any of its suspected terrorist detainees to be transferred to the U.S.,
dealing what is likely the final blow to President Obama’s campaign
pledge to shutter the facility in Cuba.

The move to block the prison’s closure was written into a massive year-end
spending bill that passed the House on Wednesday evening on a vote of 212-206,
part of a last-minute legislative rush by Democrats to push
through their priorities before ceding the House to Republican control in January.

News of the Guantanamo provision brought a quick and sharp rebuke
from the Obama administration Wednesday.

I support both of Obama's policies above, and believe he was blocked by Congress on several instances.
I would have liked things to have moved faster than it has,
but it would be disingenuous to deny that Congress played no roll in slowing things down.


Anything else ?