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JoePhilly

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1. How many troops in Iraq and Afganistan now versus before.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 06:11 PM

Dec 2014

I often mock the right wing for their inability to deal with nuance and complexity.

Sadly, some on the left are also unable to deal with nuance and complexity as well.

All use of the U.S. military is great according to the far right and evil according to the far left.

Both are wrong.

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It's official..we ended the war in Afghanistan. Well, except for.......... [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 OP

How many troops in Iraq and Afganistan now versus before. JoePhilly Dec 2014 #1

Both sides do it.. Fumesucker Dec 2014 #3

I think of it more as a distribution curve. Igel Dec 2014 #10

Easy to sit there, point fingers and make sweeping statements dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #4

Still waiting for that Peace Bonus. Downwinder Dec 2014 #2

Here you go: El Supremo Dec 2014 #5

Operation We Call it Not a War and Gullible Americans believe us (nt) bigwillq Dec 2014 #6

We are now not at war in Iraq! OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #7

It's very hard for politicians, or the military, to admit they lost another war. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #8

Only winners are the corporations that provide the arms, the contractors and the politicians. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #9

Yes, when it was a war we called it a war. Igel Dec 2014 #11

they ought to call it Operation Pallets Of Cash To The Millitary Ramses Dec 2014 #12

Can we not have a Ticker Tape Parade in NYC Caretha Dec 2014 #13

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #14