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Pirate Smile

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6. We NEVER did conduct "two such major operations simultaneously." The Colonel on MSNBC today pointed

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 09:41 PM

Jan 2012

that out. When the Iraq War was hot - all the fire power was shifted there and Afghanistan was put on hold & it regressed with the Taliban taking back control over major parts of the Country.

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Music To My War-Weary Ears... Obama: the US can no longer fight the world's battles [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

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