kirstin powers has a column out tonight saying isis emerged in the ashes of the u.s.nvasion to oust saddam hussein, he ran a secular government, now it's mostly theo kratic, we're trying to put the blame for what we're seeing on your former boss. >> when barack obama came into office he blamed george w. bush for for four years. the one thing he took credit for was iraq. they weren't blaming bush for iraq, they were trying to take credit for the success of iraq. when they came in, iraq was pacified. al qaeda and isis had been defeated, driven out of its safe haven and they had no control over any major tut territory. the sunni masses had risen up against them. they were defeated and discredited. that's what obama inherited. this is obama's doing, this is his mess, because he withdrew. >> and yet the president's defenders say it's not his fault. while he wanted to keep some troops there in iraq, which would stabilize the region, maliki didn't want forces there, so we had no choice but to withdraw our troops. >> that's not true. they requested of the white house, he want