ISIS arrived during Obama's tenure, forcing him to put American troops back into Iraq in 2014 after withdrawing in 2012, undermining the narrative that the US could disengage from the Middle East.

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Helen Thompson

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he's got American troops out of Iraq by 2012, but the Air Force is going back in in 2014.

Source

Helen Thompson: "The Complex History of Energy and Geopolitics" | The Great Simplification #98Nate Hagens
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:08:12 PM

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