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8. How long are we waving this magic wand that the Iraqi "army" can be made to fight for our purposes?

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 11:44 PM

Nov 2014

It's obvious they don't give a shit. What are we going to do - pay them to fight as our merc army like the South Vietnamese?

How did that turn out?

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Endless War: Obama calls U.S. troop boost in Iraq 'new phase [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2014 OP

Can we call this the boost phase? pscot Nov 2014 #1

Yes! 'Surge' is so last decade;) grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #2

Purge phase. JEB Nov 2014 #3

They likely call it the 'splurge' phase;) grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #4

Ah yes, a bit of spending to stimulate the economy. JEB Nov 2014 #5

Perhaps we should call it "boot" phase. 840high Nov 2014 #7

Yeah Old Nick Nov 2014 #9