Iraq: Remembering Those Responsible admin, January 1, 2012August 16, 2024 Truthout Published 1 January 2012: Also at Common Dreams, Transnational.org, Peace and Justice Post and ZNetwork The formal withdrawal of US troops from Iraq this month has led to a whole series of retrospectives on the invasion and the eight and a half years of occupation that followed as well as a host of unanswered questions.. of critical importance at this juncture is that we not allow the narratives on the war to understate its tragic consequences or those responsible for the war — both Republicans and Democrats — to escape their responsibility. George W Bush administration George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Iraq Joe Biden John Kerry Obama Foreign Policy Truthout US Middle East Policy