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5. Theyre playing with words...

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 04:36 PM

Sep 2014

Thinking were dumb. But to me airstrikes are a war. if two sides are fighting ..its a war.

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So when does it count as "boots on the ground?" [View all] Calista241 Sep 2014 OP

They're making the poor bastards wear their shower shoes NightWatcher Sep 2014 #1

Infantry. Marines. People going into combat to take and hold territory. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #2

Infantry yes and Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #7

when it becomes politically acceptable to refer to troops as such. unblock Sep 2014 #3

Theyre playing with words... SummerSnow Sep 2014 #5

On DU? obxhead Sep 2014 #6