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TwilightGardener

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27. They know that the American people don't want to see ground troops

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #25)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:09 PM

Feb 2015

fighting in Africa--visceral Blackhawk Down associations. Plus, we don't have the relatively easy ability to slide back into a footprint/occupation in Nigeria, etc. the way we do in Iraq. The demand for ground troops, fueled by the MIC/GOP/Media, is because there is no real money to be made by dropping bombs and missiles and letting native forces take over (IOW, what we're doing now, which is slowly working). Ground troops = contracts with KBR, etc. = money.

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Honestly, we should just keep doing what we're doing--slowly halting ISIS, TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #1

The televised, twitterized marym625 Feb 2015 #7

I wonder why we are not seeing the even WORSE brutality currently being inflicted by sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #25

They know that the American people don't want to see ground troops TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #27

Yes, I agree with why we are focusing on ONE place while ignoring others, IF our reasons were sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #31

amen to that! marym625 Feb 2015 #2

You should check this out n2doc Feb 2015 #5

Institute the draft with ZERO deferments... randys1 Feb 2015 #3

^^^ what he said 4_TN_TITANS Feb 2015 #4

Agreed. People love war because they don't know what it is. (nt) enough Feb 2015 #11

+! - Been saying that for years! n/t markpkessinger Feb 2015 #10

If it's important enough to send combat forces, it's important enough KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #19

Doktor Goebbels would be so proud of his successors hifiguy Feb 2015 #6

ain't they though marym625 Feb 2015 #8

Totally stupicidal and ignorantly arrogant. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #9

Maybe the MSM can,,, Cryptoad Feb 2015 #12

All I can say is K&R mountain grammy Feb 2015 #13

+1 BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #14

But ISIS is ASKING for it. Octafish Feb 2015 #15

K&R. Paladin Feb 2015 #16

Or maybe it really is a different world today. randome Feb 2015 #17

"Chris Matthews is suiting up again." Paladin Feb 2015 #18

Ship of fools on a cruel sea. eom JEB Feb 2015 #20

Sigh. Please don't tell me I'm going to have to spend another 8 years of KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #21

It's all the same war what we protested was legs of it and since the legs TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #22

Thanks for that uplifting message! :) - nt KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #23

Sorry, reality is not always inspiring but it is a win to understand where you are and where others TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #24

Declare war, start the draft, raise taxes gwheezie Feb 2015 #26

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2015 #28

We don't learn from our mistakes, we learn mistakes... alterfurz Feb 2015 #29

We're seriously going to learn that the hard way if we elect another Bush. Initech Feb 2015 #30