In The Presidents news conference this past week he said that those who say he could have left a residual force in Iraq were wrong because he could not get a status of forces agreement with Maliki. His critics say he did not really push for it because he didn’t want to leave troops there and thus used the lack of an agreement as an excuse to remove all troops. Here is an excerpt from a debate with Romney. "With regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should be a status of forces agreement," Romney told Obama as the two convened on the Lynn University campus in Boca Raton, Fla., that October evening. "That’s not true," Obama interjected. “Oh, you didn't want a status of forces agreement?” Romney asked as an argument ensued. “No,” Obama said. “What I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.” Now that it looks like it was a mistake to withdraw all of the troop, The President is indicating that he would have left troops if it were not for Maliki.