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Not once in his little announcement did he mention victory in Iraq. Yet another snub to the brave men and women who have fought over there. Shame on this president. He does not deserve to hold office.
You forget Obama just finished arming Al-Qaeda rebels in Libya. Obama is batting for the other team, not the USA. So, in his mind, anyting which degrades the US military is a victory.
Because we didn't win. What was the objective ?
We went to the ME to Afghanistan to hunt down Bin Laden. That was our objective.
Iraq..well that was a little side venture we took once we got there.
Iraqi leaders have adamantly refused to give U.S. troops immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts, and the Americans have refused to stay without it. Iraq's leadership has been split on whether it wanted American forces to stay. Some argued the further training and U.S. help was vital, particularly to protect Iraq's airspace and gather security intelligence. But others have deeply opposed any American troop presence, including Shiite militiamen who have threatened attacks on any American forces who remain.
The issue of legal protection for the Americans was the deal-breaker.
Iraqis are still angry over incidents such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal or Haditha, when U.S. troops killed Iraqi civilians in Anbar province, and want American troops subject to Iraqi law.
Now, tell us again OP...why is the troop leaving Iraq issue controversial? Maybe you should go to Iraq and offer your services as a private contractor soldier.
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The Halliburton stockholders are pleased with the last 8 years.
Considering that Obama was in charge for the last 3 of those 8 years...it's good to see you're starting to recognize that they are pretty much one and the same with regard to foreign policy.
What if you were ordered to fire upon those that were not a threat? Would you? Could you ever see yourself refusing an order that you considered immoral, illegal or unConstitutional?
You need look no further than Kent State for the answer to that one!
Yep; some on here would fire on anything, moving or stationary as long as it wasn't capable of firing back!
Not once in his little announcement did he mention victory in Iraq. Yet another snub to the brave men and women who have fought over there. Shame on this president. He does not deserve to hold office.
Not once in his little announcement did he mention victory in Iraq. Yet another snub to the brave men and women who have fought over there. Shame on this president. He does not deserve to hold office.
America needs to get back to its roots.
We need to go back to Viet Nam and finish the job.
None of the problems in the ME would exist today if America would just learn to finish what it starts.
Why did we go there? WMD? To fight Al Qaeda? Find OBL? Spread Democracy at gunpoint? Win hearts and minds? Get flowers and candy from the Iraqis? WHAT?
The only thing we accomplished by going there was get a lot of our people killed, and spend money we didn't have on a bunch of ungrateful, ethnocentric religious zealots who can't behave like adults.
My son fought over there. The brave men and women who fought over there can't wait to get the hell out.
The "problems" in the middle east for the US started when we pegged the dollar to gold and got the saudi's to trade oil in only US dollars and in exchange we became their "protection".
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