Why not? He's lying to everyone else.
"Young Chicago students put Obama to the test
CHICAGO - .... Obama said, "One of the things that I promised I would do is to try to bring this war in Iraq to an end."
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Oh, so NOW it is just a TRY, huh?
As Yoda said in "The Empire Strikes Back":
"There is no try... either do, or do not"
