I wasn't sure where to put this, but i figured the historians on here would have fun with it.

So i had this debate with my friend, he claimed that Obama finished the war in Iraq. And I could've sworn that in 2007 Bush said we were helping them get their gov't back up and running, and not actually at war with them. Just fighting a few stragglers.

But this kid was dead set that obama said the war was over, and it was all because of him that we're pulling out of there.

I found a few things on wikipedia, about "The New Way Forward" but nothing else. (Just want to verify this before i look like a raving idiot on facebook)

Now, still at war with the Taliban, but wasn't the actual war in Iraq done earlier?