Obama's Visit to Iraq

In the article from TIME Magazine "Obama's Visit to Iraq: A Page from Bush's Playbook" by Bobby Gosh, it was said that Obama made a unexpected trip to Baghdad to speak with the troops and Iraqis some what how George Bush had once done as President. Gosh states ,"Surprise stops on presidential journeys became the norm during the Bush era, with the U.S. engaged in two foreign wars ...Baghdad was the wrong choice for Obama. Iraq is Bush's war..Obama's main contribution to Iraq has been to criticize the war while on the campaign trail, and then to begin drawing down the U.S. troop presence as soon as he became President." During Obama's presidential campaign he made promises and statements to take the troops out of Iraq and put them in Afghanistan because being in Iraq was not the right place to be. However this can be confusing with him making unexpected trips to iraq telling the troops there is lot of work still to be done. Gosh also states "Iraqis saw nothing in Obama's visit to distinguish him from Bush..." Hopefully these comparisons wont continue in Obamas presidency.


Clarification: If Obama claim that the war in Iraq is the wrong war, why did he tell the troops and Iraqis there is still a lot to be done?

Application: In what ways does Obama's actions differ from Bush's actions as president?