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| U.S. drops plans to keep troops in Iraq |
| 2011-10-16 |
| Posted by:Sofa-Soldier |
| #4 Agree wid #3 - even presum that the Bammer Admin wanted to up + leave, IMO many in the USDOD, State, + US Congress won't support leaving Iraq or AFPAK insecure + at the mercy of Radical Islam, irregardless iff the latter are locally legally elected to political power vee "Arab Springs" [Political-Legal Jihad]. Mainstream America is NOT going to stand US Milfors having to come back + fight the MilTerrs again due to defective foresight + planning. -------- ION GUAMPDN > [Guam Legislature Senator JUDY] GUTHERTZ PROPOSES GUAM HOST [post-pullout] IRAQI REFUGEES. Ex-IGA, Contractor newly unemployed + those that choose to leave. Pragmtically, its one way to offset or counter RISING CHINA'S DESIRE FOR MILITARY, TRADE ACCESS TO GUAM-WESTPAC + CENTPAC, espec as per Muslim Iraqi, Kurd Ex-Pats. D *** NG IT, WHY WAIT FOR PHILIPPINE + EAST ASIA JIHAD, OR ACCEPT/ALLOW ONLY RUSSIANS + CHINESE ON THE PROPOSED VISA TOURIST WAIVER FOR GUAM ??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-16 21:29 |
| #3 I suspect this is posturing - on both sides. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-10-16 21:06 |
| #2 ..not the the Eurocrats who ignored their own ratification process [keep voting till you get the result we want] aren't on the road to achieving what various strongmen of Europe have attempted for most of modern history. Centralized, imposed, elite vision of one government. So much for that effort [WWII-Cold War] as well. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-10-16 20:58 |
| #1 I have to wonder if Iraq is a prime example of "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". Will it revert to dictatorship without GI's in-country providing coup insurance? It would be amusing if al-Maliki makes himself president-for-life and restarts Iraq's nuclear weapon program. Republicans can blame Obama for not staying the course. Democrats can blame Bush for invading Iraq in the first place. I always thought Colin Powell's "you broke it, you bought it" premise for nation-building silly in the extreme. The whole point of punitive expeditions is "we break it, they fix it" so they understand the consequences of pissing us off. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-10-16 18:31 |