| Jun 26 @ 10:38 PM |
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bamagary
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say something good about war in iraq.
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| Jun 27 @ 12:22 AM |
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uab_5
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1. I'm not fighting in it.
2. No D.R.A.F.T. has been imposed.
3. Iraq is desert, so the chance of jungle rot and malaria is lower than 'Nam.
4. The U.S. isn't overloaded with caravans of hypocritical Cubaya singin' hippie freaks high on the herb like it was during 'Nam.
5. John Wayne can't single handedly win this one.
6. S.O.D. Robert McNamara and his whiz kids aren't fighting this one.
7. The top USAF brass has already been sacked.
8. The imbedded reportes are excercising a degree of common sense.
9. We won't hear tales of jailbird "Duke" Cunningham's glory ad nauseum.
10. This one won't last twelve years!!!!
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| Jun 27 @ 9:43 AM |
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eastham
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You're sure about that last one, uab? If McCain is elected, I'm not.
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| Jun 27 @ 9:53 AM |
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LanceVarden7
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This sums it all up for me
My feelings on Iraq
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| Jun 27 @ 9:59 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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This one does it for me...
Ron Paul on Iraq
[Edited on 6/27/2008 10:05 AM]
[Edited on 6/27/2008 10:05 AM]
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| Jun 27 @ 11:04 AM |
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kattsmeow
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Saddam has finally went to meet his maker..
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| Jun 27 @ 11:09 AM |
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Paralegal_at_Law
Posts: 5,018
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America's Superpower military has acquired the most desirable proficient and well trained status in the world by its experiential learning in desert and mountain warfare and leads all other armies and air forces because of its now razor honed capabilities.
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| Jun 27 @ 11:30 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Saddam has finally went to meet his maker..
As have the 4000 Americans we sent over there to do it...
I still say why?
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| Jun 27 @ 11:54 AM |
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uab_5
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Eastham,
If John McCain is elected, I'm becoming a permenant missionary to Costa Rica.
Mi corazon vive en Costa Rica, pero mi cuervo vive in Alabama,
Amo Costa Rica mucho.
But fret not, Americans are stupid enough to elect a poor pilot - thrice. 
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| Jun 27 @ 1:00 PM |
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eastham
Posts: 5,993
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LOL, uab. From your mouth to God's ear.
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| Jun 27 @ 1:13 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
Posts: 6,365
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say something good about war in iraq.
first off... the ?war? has been over for quite some time.. if it is our continued presence in Iraq that you are questioning that is a totally different thing...
our even going to Iraq imho was so that "bush et al" could rape the american tax payers ..
One good thing about it is that it brought the war with al quada to their region.. another good thing is that we the USA now have a military presence in the area.. and in this ?police action? .. there has been a form of peace in the middle east..
[Edited on 6/27/2008 1:15 PM]
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| Jun 27 @ 1:13 PM |
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bamagary
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hold on let me think of something. i can say good about iraq. i,m thinking this could be a hard one.hmm saddam is dead. but was none of our bussiness.halburton got rich. were not happy but bet former ceo dick cheney is real happy.ok cant think of anything good to say about iraq. i tryed. but cant think of anything.
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| Jun 27 @ 7:15 PM |
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kattsmeow
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People there aren't afraid to go out at night. ( unless there is a curfew for some reason)
They don't have to worry about being rounded up by the "police" and interogated and killed for nothing.
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| Jun 27 @ 8:03 PM |
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bamagary
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oh really guess you live in a dream world. but once again. who left us in charge of the whole world. hell i throught old russian was bad. we getting close to russia. since king bush took over.
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| Jun 27 @ 10:13 PM |
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lefthandedluckie
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Iraq is paying for our presence there! They are also paying for their own reconstruction! They have their police force and military doing all the duties they did prior to the time we invaded. Their government is stable! There are no murders going on between the two Islamic sects! We have been welcomed with open arms and flowers! There have not been over 4,000 U.S. Combat Casualities! Our country because of all the money coming from the Iraq oil is in the black for the very first time ever! Iraq has made George "Dumbya" Bush the highest rated president in our countries lifetime!
Need I say more? 
Now, you can cut my tongue out for lying! 
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| Jun 27 @ 10:20 PM |
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Paralegal_at_Law
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Now, you can cut my tongue out for lying!
There are more gunshot deaths occurring in Detroit, Michigan and Washington D.C. than in the Kurdish portion of Iraq.
Should the USA "get out" of Detroit, Michigan and Washington D.C.?
Or, will I be attacked by Napa for being against black skinned people and theiir adorable four year olds, for suggesting that the USA should "get out" of Detroit, Michigan and also Washington D.C.?
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| Jun 27 @ 10:27 PM |
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Jankia
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Here is something good,not from me but from 2nd Lt. Stephan Shuster, a platoon leader with B Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment
CAMP RAMADI — Hot wind swirled orange dust around idling Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles as 2nd Lt. Stephan Shuster, platoon leader, described the day’s mission to the combat-equipped force. The troops mounted their vehicles and headed for the heart of the provincial capital city of Ramadi.What might have been a hair-raising combat mission just a year ago is today a trip to securely deliver civil-military operations personnel to the Ministry of Health for a meeting with Iraqi officials. And the combat gear? Well, that is a precaution, not a preparation for battle.
Shuster and other Soldiers from B Company, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment of the Michigan National Guard, otherwise known as Task Force Viking, make several of these type trips all around Ramadi each week. These Personnel Security Detail (PSD) missions help ensure that reconstruction work continues unabated by safeguarding the servicemembers and civilians working to support the ever-strengthening municipal government.
According to 1st Lt. Ryan Senn, company commander in charge of coordinating all the PSD movements, the main role of the PSD operations is to provide security and transportation to the civil-military operations and provincial reconstruction teams at Camp Ramadi. This includes making sure buildings like the Ministry of Health are secure, both inside and out.
The unit has conducted more than 170 PSD missions since arriving and assuming their security responsibilities in late April. “We average two destinations per mission. The highest number of destinations we’ve had on one mission has been eight,” said Senn.
The missions run six days a week with one day set aside for equipment maintenance and recuperation, he added.
Although Al Anbar Province and the city of Ramadi have seen a tremendous reduction in violence over the past year, and the ensuing relative peace has been touted as evidence of the defeat of terrorism in the region, the Soldiers stay vigilant. Senn said the reduced threat from al-Qaida in Iraq has not changed the way the unit operates.
“It doesn’t matter if there is a sixty percent threat or a one percent threat, you still have to have a similar posture and mindset in order to respond properly if or when that threat presents itself,” he said.
The same threats exist now as did during his previous tour in 2005 and 2006, but they are just less abundant, he added.
The transformation of Iraqi cities like Ramadi has been amazing, though somewhat difficult to fully comprehend for Staff Sgt. Jason Mesner, a veteran of the push through Iraq in 2003 and current member of the Task Force. Then assigned to a unit that initially cleared the Baghdad airport, Mesner’s experience was one of near non-stop combat. He said he has had to alter his mindset from being focused solely on combat and adapt to his current, less-visible role as a military member supporting the progression toward peace and a self-reliant provincial and municipal Iraqi government.
Not all of the Soldiers in the unit have the experience of previous deployments to Iraq.
“This is my first deployment,” said Spc. Brian Qualls, a B Co. medic from Detroit. “I drill in Flint and I’m usually working in a battalion aid station or training with an ambulance.” Qualls is enjoying getting to travel around in the convoys and socialize with the Iraqis and says that little things make his job rewarding. “I like meeting people and knowing we’re doing something to help. Even giving kids a band-aid for a scratch makes them feel good, and that’s cool,” he said.
Qualls may not have previous experience in a more violent Ramadi or greater Iraq, but he is aware of what the threats to U.S. forces were in past years. He is also vigilant to the existing threats. “It’s been really quiet. We haven’t had any (improvised explosive devices), and I give (explosive ordnance disposal) credit for keeping us safe from them.”
This day’s PSD mission finished as quietly as the hundreds before it, and the meeting between Iraqi officials and civil-military operations personnel concluded another step toward the reconstruction of Ramadi and the self-reliant government.
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| Jun 27 @ 10:31 PM |
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jaybird777
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There are more gunshot deaths occurring in Detroit, Michigan and Washington D.C. than in the Kurdish portion of Iraq.
Should the USA "get out" of Detroit, Michigan and Washington D.C.? Last I hear, Detroit, Michigan and Washington D.C, is our soil, or home and our people. TIme for us ta start worrying bout our own backyard, and leave be the neighbor's yard.
Enough is enough.
We done had our crazed blood lust era.
TIme fer a little sanity. TIme ta take a deep breath and step back. Time ta bring our boys home, and get them out of the foriegn sand pits.
We done left too much blood over there already.
Time to help em out. Time ta get em out. Time ta bring em home.
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| Jun 27 @ 10:32 PM |
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lefthandedluckie
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I am glad to say I have never read, that I remember, a bad report from the Kurd, Kurdistan, area of Iraq. From what I understand if McCain had walked the streets there he would have needed "NO" guards!
Those people need their own state! And we should support them in that endeavor! I really don't care what Turkey says. Part of their country has Kurdistan in it!
Besides those Turks have been in on some Genocide in their time...Armenians and Kurdish peoples have suffered! During World War I and after!
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| Jun 27 @ 10:39 PM |
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Ginstl
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There are more gunshot deaths occurring in Detroit, Michigan and Washington D.C. than in the Kurdish portion of Iraq.
That's because the main area's of war in Iraq are not in the Kurdish portion of Iraq,
and never were!
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