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In May, 2010 "..the Pentagon announced there were 94,000 troops in Afghanistan. The number was a milestone because it was the first time troops there had exceeded the number of troops in Iraq..."
Interesting from your link About 4,000 more troops are expected to deploy to Afghanistan by the summer, bringing the total to 98,000.
So 98,000 minus the 34,000 that were there when Obama took office gives us 64,000 troops, a little shy of the 68,000 Powell mentioned.
Heck, here I am claiming Obama has sent 30,000 troops and being told he didn't, and in the attempt to prove he did, we find out that he didn't send only 30,000 troops, he sent 68,000..
Interesting from your link About 4,000 more troops are expected to deploy to Afghanistan by the summer, bringing the total to 98,000.
So 98,000 minus the 34,000 that were there when Obama took office gives us 64,000 troops, a little shy of the 68,000 Powell mentioned.
Heck, here I am claiming Obama has sent 30,000 troops and being told he didn't, and in the attempt to prove he did, we find out that he didn't send only 30,000 troops, he sent 68,000..
Man... You've got some serious Obama hatred issues...
Under Obama's plan, American forces will no longer conduct combat operations but are instead to train Iraqi troops and help with counterterrorism operations — if asked for by the Iraqis.
Under Obama's plan, American forces will no longer conduct combat operations but are instead to train Iraqi troops and help with counterterrorism operations — if asked for by the Iraqis.
From Aug. 2010...
No, I've got some serious stupidity hatred issues...
They are there to help with COUNTERTERRORISM operations.. Isnt that why Bush sent them there...
P.s. I posted figures for Afghanistan, and you respond with Iraq..
Under Obama's plan, American forces will no longer conduct combat operations but are instead to train Iraqi troops and help with counterterrorism operations — if asked for by the Iraqis.
From Aug. 2010...
Try to keep up...we are talking about Afghanistan.
Under Obama's plan, American forces will no longer conduct combat operations but are instead to train Iraqi troops and help with counterterrorism operations — if asked for by the Iraqis.
You really need to expand your "news" sources to other than the White House propaganda.
Whats funny about your posting is I even posted directly from WhiteHouse.gov that more troops were sent to Afghanistan, and I was told to not post links to right wing blogs...
$5.675*2=$11.344T, 10.024 T is $1.32 trillion less than what it would have been if debt doubled under Bush.. How odd.. Just about the EXACT same amount.. Why the selective defending of Clintons deficits as not "double" but not Bushs?
Our glorious leaders have transferred the costs to the State Department and private mercenaries: "Can diplomats field their own army? The State Department is laying plans to do precisely that in Iraq, in an unprecedented experiment that U.S. officials and some nervous lawmakers say could be risky." State Dept. planning to field a small army in Iraq | McClatchy
The State Department has requested that the Pentagon give them "Black Hawk helicopters; 50 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles; fuel trucks; high-tech surveillance systems; and other military gear." State Dept. planning to field a small army in Iraq | McClatchy
"As of Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at least 4,414 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count....Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,907 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s weekly tally." Immelman for Congress » Blog Archive » Iraq-Afghanistan Casualties
It's really sad that terrorists killed 3,000 Americans one day, but our own leaders killed more than that (all young Americans who had not had time to live their lives) in just one of the two most recent senseless foreign wars.
A mere 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq now that the war is over.
How much will Iraq cost us now that we have declared the war over? "The president’s 2011 budget includes an additional $43.4 billion for Iraq, and even if the withdrawal continues as planned, we are likely to see a request of $10 billion-$5 billion in the 2012 budget....And the number could be much higher depending how broadly you define the cost of the war. Some experts believe you should include the continuing costs of disability compensation and medical care for Iraqi war veterans -- costs that will last for decades."
I propose a US Constitutional amendment that no American taxpayer dollars be spent on foreign aid or waging war in a foreign country that has not attempted to invade us. Of course, the Founding Fathers thought this was both patently obvious, and already written down, but we all know what modern Socialists think of the ideals that allowed America to become a world power.
Under Obama's plan, American forces will no longer conduct combat operations but are instead to train Iraqi troops and help with counterterrorism operations — if asked for by the Iraqis.
Under the agreement between the U.S. and Iraq, all American troops must be out of Iraq by the end of next year.
The troops now remaining in the country will mainly be responsible for training Iraqi security forces.
The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which was officially designated at the last combat unit to leave Iraq, drove out last week in their eight-wheeled Strykers.
From Aug. 2010...
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