Iraqi Sheikh to Obama: We Miss You! -- Eli Lake, Daily BeastAs a leader of the Anbar Awakening, Sheikh Ahmad Abu-Risha helped turn the tide in the Iraq war. Today, he tells Eli Lake, the U.S. has turned its back on its one-time allies. Where’s the love, Mr. President?
A little more than four years ago in western Iraq, then-Senator Barack Obama met for 90 minutes with a group of Arab sheikhs, allies of the U.S. military in the war against al Qaeda. Known as the Anbar Awakening, the tribal leaders are credited by the Marine Corps’ own official historian with helping turn the tide of the Iraq War and creating the conditions on the ground for the country’s fragile government to survive. During the meeting, the future president assured the group that there would be a long-term partnership between America and Iraq, according to two of the sheikhs who were there and a U.S. translator in the meeting.
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My Comment: It is not the first time that a U.S. President has failed in keeping to a promise.