Leon Panetta: “I believe that Ambassador Jeffrey and the State Department continue to work very closely with the Iraqis to ensure that…”

The message that went out from this meeting to the world is that United States credibility in dealing with our allies has taken a real hit.

That’s too long, and it should have been brought back sooner.

It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.

But the facts speak for themselves.