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Article has problems with the tone of the piece. It does not strictly follow the subjectivity set out by Wikipedia. It also needs more information from 2008-2017. This article also needs more references for support of the content. I don't think that the number of subheadings are a problem I think it makes it more organized.

Information needs to be added about public opinion on the United States involvement in the Iraqi War after 2006. The page itself is lacking a lot of information past 2006, which I think is important to be added since March 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the conflict. An article in 2014 from the Pew Research Center shows a nice graph of how Americans feel that as a whole, the goals that the U.S. set out to achieve in Iraqi a decade ago had failed (high of 52%, lowest thought of failure in 2009 at 33%).

Another subsection that could be added is the opinion of former President Barack Obama stating that he would pull troops out of the area.

References:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/12/more-americans-say-us-failed-to-achieve-its-goals-in-iraq/

http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2013030100

Potential Edits:

2008
Before President Bush's term comes to an end, passing off the Iraqi war to the next president, the conflicting countries sign a “Status of Forces Agreement" where it is understood that U.S. troops would end their occupation of Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009 and leave Iraq completely by the end of 2011.

2009
Present Barack Obama is elected into office with the campaign promise of withdrawing troops from Iraq. Being a man of his word, in February, President Obama announces withdrawal of most United States troops by August 2010 and all troops to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011 following the status of forces agreement. In June, troops leave their posts in cities in Iraq, passing the duties of safety and security onto the Iraqi military.

2013
March of 2003 marks the tenth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

2014 Public opinion towards the overall success of the invasion of Iraq was at an all-time low in January of 2014 following President Obama's decision to pull troops out of the area. In a poll conducted by Pew Research Center, 52% of those polled said in achieving its goals in Iraq, the United States has failed. This is up by nearly 20% from 2011 when the question was first asked.

2018 Fifteen years into U.S. involvement in Iraq, public opinion of whether or not it was the right decision to use military force sees a more divided population. As of March 2018, 48% of Americans polled responded the invasion was the wrong decision, 43% saying it was the right decision, up 4% from 2014. Along party lines, Republicans went from 52% in 2014 to 61% said the U.S. made the right decision in using military force in Iraq. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats have stayed fairly consistent in their views on the conflict, on;y shifting one percent in the past four years (28% to 27%).

FINAL EDITS 2008 Before President Bush's term comes to an end, passing off the Iraqi war to the next president, the conflicting countries sign a Status of forces agreement where it is understood that U.S. troops would end their occupation of Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009 and leave Iraq completely by the end of 2011.

2009 Present Barack Obama is elected into office with the campaign promise of withdrawing troops from Iraq. Being a man of his word, in February, President Obama announces withdrawal of most United States troops by August 2010 and all troops to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011 following the status of forces agreement. In June, troops leave their posts in cities in Iraq, passing the duties of safety and security onto the Iraqi military.[23]

2011 At the conclusion of the Iraq War in 2011, Washington Post journalist Peyton Craighill expressed that, in the seemingly poisoned atmosphere of American politics, President Obama's directive to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq December of that year, was a rare example of a broadly popular policy decision which showed 78% of all Americans supporting the decision.[24]

2013 March of 2003 marks the tenth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

2014 Public opinion towards the overall success of the invasion of Iraq was at an all-time low in January of 2014 following President Obama's decision to pull troops out of the area. In a poll conducted by Pew Research Center, 52% of those polled said in achieving its goals in Iraq, the United States has failed. This is up by nearly 20% from 2011 when the question was first asked. [25]

2018 Fifteen years into U.S. involvement in Iraq, public opinion of whether or not it was the right decision to use military force sees a more divided population. As of March 2018, 48% of Americans polled responded the invasion was the wrong decision, 43% saying it was the right decision, up 4% from 2014. Along party lines, Republicans went from 52% in 2014 to 61% said the U.S. made the right decision in using military force in Iraq. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats have stayed fairly consistent in their views on the conflict, on;y shifting one percent in the past four years (28% to 27%).