I read an article about why obama is leaving iraq. He says that the troops will leave iraq this year with their heads held high. He is fulfilling his promise of ending the war in iraq. The way that obama has handled the war is popular with american and even one out of every two republicans agree with him. Iraq is now self reliant and democratic. However it is unclear whether iraq will be able to maintain this. Obama says that they just want to make sure iraq succeeds and be a model for all the other middle eastern countries.
America is always trying to make other countries democratic which is why we are hated by most other countries.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57341455-503544/obama-we-leave-iraq-with-heads-held-high/