Mr. Obama has found those conflicts maddeningly hard to end. On Oct. 21, 2011,
he announced that the last combat soldier would leave Iraq by the end of that year, drawing that eight-year war to a close. “Our troops will definitely be home for the holidays,” Mr. Obama said at the White House.
Afghanistan followed a similar cycle of hope and disappointment. In May 2014, Mr. Obama announced that the United States would
withdraw the last combat soldier from the country by the end of 2016.
Looking back, wondering where are the fake abandonment outrage was in 2011 and 2014.