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Offline sluggish

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« on: January 12, 2007, 04:21:27 PM »
We bring in more troops while everyone else leaves.  Not that there was much of an international presense in Iraq anyways, but what good is 20,000 more American troops when 20,000 (just a number I pulled out of the air) international troops leave?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_re_eu/iraq_shrinking_coalition_1
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2007, 04:24:55 PM »
Not much point in staying around if you can't make a little money. ;)
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2007, 04:26:23 PM »
Perfect solution would be if India offered to come in and relieve the US.  They meet the 'neutral 3rd party' requirement just about perfectly.  Perchance to dream....
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2007, 04:29:07 PM »
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Perfect solution would be if India offered to come in and relieve the US.  They meet the 'neutral 3rd party' requirement just about perfectly.  Perchance to dream....



Not really.  India would just be as much of a target as our troops and the insurgents or Arabs in the region would not see India as  a neutral 3rd party because of what is going on in Kashmir.


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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2007, 04:42:40 PM »
Why don't we just send in Chuck Norris and end this chit?

:D

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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2007, 04:55:36 PM »
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Why don't we just send in Chuck Norris and end this chit?

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Offline WhiteHawk

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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2007, 04:58:46 PM »
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We bring in more troops while everyone else leaves.  Not that there was much of an international presense in Iraq anyways, but what good is 20,000 more American troops when 20,000 (just a number I pulled out of the air) international troops leave?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_re_eu/iraq_shrinking_coalition_1



Well, its either a continuation of the greatest military blunder of all time or a build up for a stare down with iran, since iran is probably causing most fo the problems in Iraq.
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2007, 05:05:07 PM »
Bah... the Iraqi people are causing most of the problems in Iraq.

It's patently obvious that they are not ready for a unified democratic government.
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2007, 06:46:37 PM »
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Bah... the Iraqi people are causing most of the problems in Iraq.

It's patently obvious that they are not ready for a unified democratic government.


YA, uh huh...:rolleyes:

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Reuters reported that U.S. forces stormed an Iranian government representative's office in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil early on Thursday and arrested five people, including diplomats and staff.

Iran Press News reported that based on unconfirmed received reports from reliable sources in Iraq, Hassan Abbasi was among those who was arrested in the Thursday, January 11th early-morning raid in the Iraqi town of Erbil.

DoctorZin, Regime Change Iran - If confirmed, Hassan Abbasi's capture would be a major blow to the Iranian effort to support the insurgency in Iraq. He is believed to have been organizing the various insurgency groups under a common umbrella. Abbasi is perhaps best known as the Iranian leader who claimed: “There are 29 sensitive sites in the U.S. and in the West. We have already spied on these sites and we know how we are going to attack them."
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2007, 06:50:18 PM »
Which all sounds like bait for Iran.
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Offline WhiteHawk

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« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2007, 07:31:06 PM »
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Bah... the Iraqi people are causing most of the problems in Iraq.

It's patently obvious that they are not ready for a unified democratic government.


Just as we would not be ready for a unified muslim govt. complete with the mullahs and ayatollahs telling us what to do.   remember, we are there to hunt for and remove WMD's, not to intall a western style democracy on a hardcore muslim nation.
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« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2007, 07:56:30 PM »
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Just as we would not be ready for a unified muslim govt. complete with the mullahs and ayatollahs telling us what to do.   remember, we are there to hunt for and remove WMD's, not to intall a western style democracy on a hardcore muslim nation.


Ahhh, yeah...uh, lay off the Democratic Underground.

OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ:
Helping the Iraqi People Defeat the Terrorists and Build an Inclusive Democratic State.
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2007, 04:53:02 AM »
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Ahhh, yeah...uh, lay off the Democratic Underground.

OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ:
Helping the Iraqi People Defeat the Terrorists and Build an Inclusive Democratic State.


Wow, it is a simple world isnt it.  Lets build an inclusive democratic state in Iraq using brute force and a kings ransom while all of our alies in that region, save for isreal, are kings and dictators.  Lets fight terrorists in Iraq while pakistan is one democratic election away from Bin Laden leading that nuclear nation.  :aok

Gotcha.  Now i understand, uhhh, i think.  I gotta think 'neo-con'
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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2007, 05:12:56 AM »
This is sad for Iraq.  Iraq was modern, prosperous, and a regional power during '70s (and the population size of that country is equal to that of the New York state)
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