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22. The comment seems to primarily be about Afghanistan, but is about the military in general.

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 05:57 PM

Nov 2013

If the war in Iraq is over, why the fuck are there still so many U.S. troops there? Is that what we want? Start unjustified wars of aggression and then leave our troops there indefinitely long after it has well been determined we should have never been there in the first place? Then, adding ADDITIONAL troops to another unjustified war and then acting like that's progress? I used to think you'd just play obtuse simply to cover for your undying devotion to the president wrong or right, but I'm beginning to think you are actually THAT uninformed. Iraq, Afghanistan... quagmires both. Sending additional troops to Afghanistan is totally wrong-headed.

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Obama: 'Our work is more urgent than ever, because this chapter of war is coming to an end' [View all] ProSense Nov 2013 OP

Kick! n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #1

Kick & recommended. William769 Nov 2013 #2

We lost. (Again). Get out. Get over it. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #3

What does "we lost" have to do with the OP? ProSense Nov 2013 #4

Here's why. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #5

? n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #6

He's still deploying troops to a lost war. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #7

Troops were deployed to draw down in Iraq. ProSense Nov 2013 #9

And, troops are still in Iraq. And, he's still deploying troops to Afghanistan. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #10

What the hell are you talking about? n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #11

What is so difficult about that post to understand? EOTE Nov 2013 #13

Well, someday the war in Iraq will end. ProSense Nov 2013 #15

What point are YOU trying to make. EOTE Nov 2013 #16

The question is: What point are you trying to make? ProSense Nov 2013 #18

Not very good at this, are you? EOTE Nov 2013 #19

LOL! ProSense Nov 2013 #20

The comment seems to primarily be about Afghanistan, but is about the military in general. EOTE Nov 2013 #22

"If the war in Iraq is over, why the fuck are there still so many U.S. troops there?" ProSense Nov 2013 #25

The embassy guards and the units training the Iraqi military NuclearDem Nov 2013 #26

Nonsense. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #28

Office of Security Cooperation. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #29

That's a 2011 article before the withdrawal. ProSense Nov 2013 #30

It's a 2011 article that specifically addressed the withdrawal and the future of Iraq. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #31

What the hell does weapons sales have to do with anything? n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #32

It's evidence that that OSC you tried to claim as nonsense is alive and well even now. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #33

LOL! No, it's evidence of weapons sales. ProSense Nov 2013 #34

OSC is coordinating it. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #35

"I think we're done here." ProSense Nov 2013 #36

If you're incapable of deciphering plain English, that's on you, not me. nt EOTE Nov 2013 #58

And another thing ProSense Nov 2013 #23

See my first post on this thread. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #14

"Now he's trying to cover his ass with platitudes about the troops" ProSense Nov 2013 #17

Still pretty opaque. Skidmore Nov 2013 #8

k&r... spanone Nov 2013 #12

Prepare for the next chapter of war--drones around the world! NuclearDem Nov 2013 #21

I wonder if anything what he is going to tell the family of the last person to die there? former9thward Nov 2013 #24

i would wonder more what george bu$h is going to tell that family. spanone Nov 2013 #27

Whoever is the last to die will not have been ordered there by Bush. former9thward Nov 2013 #37

Yeah, Bush squandered the opportunity to do that. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #38

But Obama made sure he didn't. former9thward Nov 2013 #39

Since Bush didn't end it, it inevitably falls on Obama to do it. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #40

He could have on Jan. 20, 2009. former9thward Nov 2013 #41

For two years prior to he said what he was going to do. ProSense Nov 2013 #42

And he was wrong. former9thward Nov 2013 #46

Actually it falls to the next president to do that. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #43

Got another article about weapon sales? n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #44

Nah, wouldn't want to keep you. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #45

LOL! ProSense Nov 2013 #47

Yeah, they'd go really well with your belief that we're totally out of Iraq NuclearDem Nov 2013 #48

OK, ProSense Nov 2013 #50

How about a DOD spokesman? NuclearDem Nov 2013 #54

Speaking of ProSense Nov 2013 #49

It's not speculation that hundreds of US military personnel are still in Iraq under the OSC-I NuclearDem Nov 2013 #51

Link? ProSense Nov 2013 #52

I gave it to you earlier. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #53

The weapons sales article? Seriously? ProSense Nov 2013 #55

Nope, I was thinking the one with both the DOD and WP confirming the existence of OSC-I. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #56

"The existence"? It's a 2011 article speculating...2011!!! ProSense Nov 2013 #57