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[–] mamwad 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

ISIS was born under the mismanagement of two US administrations. Bush was the one who removed all Baathist public officials from office, even though they were the only ones qualified to do government work. Bush was the one that installed Malaki and sat ideally by while he stoked a civil war. The Obama adminstration just put the cherry on top.

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[–] wilwilwesly 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Iraq wasn't really stable in 2008 the massive amount of military force used in the surge caused a temporary mild lull in the Iraqi civil war and gave Iraq the illusion of stability, although there were still bombings on a regular basis and a few major battles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_spring_fighting_of_2008

Obama's biggest mistake, in my opinion, was getting involved in Iraq again and not just letting the chips fall as they may.