Hillary Clinton, the candidate for the nomination of the Democratic Party in the presidential elections in the USA, sharply responded today to the accusations of her Republican rival, Jeb Bush, that the current President Barack Obama's policy in Iraq created insecurity that led to the rise of the Islamic State.
Clinton, who served as secretary of state in the Obama administration, pointed the finger at Jeb Bush's brother, former US President George W. Bush, who launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq and later also signed an agreement to withdraw US forces from the country, Reuters reported. .
"I think it's a little strange that Jeb Bush is taking the risk of defending his brother's actions in Iraq. But when he's doing that, he should be presenting the whole situation. And the whole situation, as you know, includes the deal that George W. Bush made with the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to which the end of 2011 was set as the deadline for the withdrawal of American forces," said Hillary Clinton.
Jeb Bush, the leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 election, said on August 12 that Hillary Clinton must share the blame for the expansion of the Islamic State.
According to the British "Telegraph", Bush stated that the US may have to send a smaller number of ground troops to Iraq.
Bush assessed that Clinton, as Secretary of State, along with US President Barack Obama, made a bad decision on the premature withdrawal of forces from Iraq that had acted "heroically and brilliantly" since 2007.
"That premature withdrawal was a fatal mistake that created a void that was filled by IS. The Islamic State grew while the US withdrew and ignored the threat," Bush said, noting that the then secretary of state wanted the role of peacemaker, but failed to do so. to his mission.
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