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Truthplease
2011 Oct 21, 6:13am
Korea: Probably not going anywhere.
Japan: Maybe in 5 years when Guam gets built up and finished.
Germany: Probably not going anywhere.
Patrick
2011 Oct 23, 1:34pm
What an incredible waste of money and human lives in Iraq. Bush should be in jail. That war was totally his choice and his fault.
I still can't believe that 18 Saudis and one Egyptian attacked us, and then Bush went and attacked the Saudis' worst enemy. Why? To reward them for killing all those Americans?
elliemae
2011 Oct 23, 1:53pm
My only problem is that this is conveniently happening in an election year. Coincidence?
I think not.
marcus
2011 Oct 23, 11:08pm
I kinda think so. It was Bush's timetable. If Obama kept us there longer, he could be criticized for that, but this way he can easily be criticized as well, especially if (I should say when) reasons we supposedly should have stayed are publicized by republicans.
elliemae
2011 Oct 24, 3:26am
Was Bush's timetable that we pull out before the end of 2011? I doubt it, but this is something that I don't know.
My point is that it seems coincidental that Obama would time his ending of the war with an election. I don't have a problem with the war ending.
zzyzzx
2011 Oct 24, 3:47am
That's too bad because the Poles and Czechs would gladly take the troops and military bases.
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq
2011 Oct 24, 4:13am
I'll miss the Iraq War. It was like a giant cripple factory, turning otherwise useless members of the underclass into humorous targets of derision for us men of stature and merit.
That's too bad because the Poles and Czechs would gladly take the troops and military bases.
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
If the homeowner isn't insulted by your offer...you didn't bid low enough!!!
Poles - yes (still). Chechs - no way.
marcus
2011 Oct 24, 11:54am
Some republicans such as McCain are saying that Obama didn't try hard enough to negotiate a deal with the Iraqis, that is for us to extend our time frame.
We are out by the end of the year. I am going home tonight and getting drunk! I will be sitting on my couch thinking about the friends I lost over there and cursing the people who decided it was a good idea to go in.
Now, just get the troops the hell out of Afghanistan. Mission accomplished already, Al Qaida is no longer there. Who ever said we are in the bussiness of nation building. We have nation building that needs to happen in our own nation.