Amy Goodman vs. HIstory

Over here on the Left, Amy Goodman is a hero, and for good reason. I doubt if anyone questions her courage or hard work. She has, clearly, a great heart. Now she wants to take Obama to task for not fulfilling his promises, and she can make a case in some instances. But consider the following comment she published a day or two back about President Barack Obama's vow to end the American war against Iraq. "Has Obama ended the war in Iraq? Certainly not for the Iraqis. July was one of the bloodiest months there since the height of the insurgency against the U.S.-imposed Iraqi government. So far this year, more than 4,000 Iraqis have been killed. . . ." And so on. She lists the many atrocities committed by the Sunni against the Shia and vice versa. Apparently Goodman believes that Obama once promised to end the Shia/Sunni conflict in the Middle East that has been going on for 1300 years. I don't remember him promising that. Instead he promised to get our troops out of Iraq, and then he did it. Did not most of us on the Left predict that the original Bush invasion of Iraq would end in a Sunni/Shia conflict? Blaming Obama for the struggle going on in Iraq today is kind of dumb.