Händelsen bevisar dels att USA lämnade Irak förhastat, och dels att Obama-administrationen missledde den amerikanska allmänheten om den irakiska regeringens inställning till USA:s närvaro. McCain och Graham skrev följande som kommentar till situationen:
“While many Iraqis are responsible for this strategic disaster, the administration cannot escape its share of the blame,” the Republicans said in a statement. “When President Obama withdrew all U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011, over the objections of our military leaders and commanders on the ground, many of us predicted that the vacuum would be filled by America's enemies and would emerge as a threat to U.S. national security interests."
“Sadly, that reality is now clearer than ever,” McCain and Graham said. “What's sadder still, the thousands of brave Americans who fought, shed their blood, and lost their friends to bring peace to Fallujah and Iraq are now left to wonder whether these sacrifices were in vain.”
Källor: Fox News, The Hill
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