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54. How about a DOD spokesman?

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:07 PM

Nov 2013

"Our [troop] numbers have been fairly stable at about 200 military personnel since December 2011," Miller said, noting those 200 troops have been assigned to Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq (OSC-I) since 2011.

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/272049-dod-denies-deployments-of-us-forces-back-to-iraq-

Face it--there are US forces in Iraq. But you're right, I can't produce a picture! Better just believe everything a politician tells us!

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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