Your name is representative of a particular type on this message board. Fortunately there's only a few of you. Most people on the board are decent, reasonable types - like Jlew for example, who, despite having opposing views to myself, doesn't feel the need to resort to personal abuse whenever he happens to be challenged on anything.
edit: not to mention the 200,000 mercenaries on the ground as well. again probably approx 95% of them are american
i thought the mercenaries were from iraq, iran, lebanon etc. you know the guys who shoot at western trops and trigger off at least one car bomb per day.
I have faced it, A life wasted...
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
Everybody that still supports our involvement in Iraq should volunteer 1 year of their life and go over there and see if they can sort things out.
Any takers?
I'm calling you out c'mon...
get up and do something instead of risking others lives.
Bad knee, ashtma are a few of the answers I have seen on this forum. Toss in scared as fuck to get killed and you have the real reason people can type on this board all day long about how great the war is and not go down to the shipping centre and get their gear and join their fellow Yanks in a true to life video with no reset button when the enemy gets ahold of you.
If U.S. troops pull back from Iraq, what do you think will happen in that country?
The wishes of the Iraqi people will be realized.
"Seven in ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year. An overwhelming majority believes that the U.S. military presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it is preventing..."
Obviously I'm in favor of the troops being there, but I'm not trying to bait anybody. I'm just curious as to how you guys see this scenario playing out if they leave. In fact I'm not going to post any more in this thread - I just want to see what you guys think.
I don't think you guys have any more information than the Iraqi people concerning what will happen. But $2 billion of our tax dollars won't be transferred each week from our treasury to the military-industrial complex. And US soldiers won't continue to die in efforts to vindicate Chenys speculations, which thus far have been mistaken and a waste.
If U.S. troops pull back from Iraq, what do you think will happen in that country? Obviously I'm in favor of the troops being there, but I'm not trying to bait anybody. I'm just curious as to how you guys see this scenario playing out if they leave. In fact I'm not going to post any more in this thread - I just want to see what you guys think.
If the only two options were to occupy Iraq or walk away leaving them in this condition.... that is pretty sad.
We can and should end the occupation. Investigate and hold accountable those responsible - and work with the leaders in Iraq and her neighbors. Provide assistance in protecting the borders.
Civil war may be the only way to determine leadership - and if so - then they will have their civil war for power. Just as all nations have.
Its not complicated at all. If we continue to swallow the assertions of our waring government that Iraqis are incapable of settling their own domestc problems - then we will perpetuate this thing we created.
If U.S. troops pull back from Iraq, what do you think will happen in that country? Obviously I'm in favor of the troops being there, but I'm not trying to bait anybody. I'm just curious as to how you guys see this scenario playing out if they leave. In fact I'm not going to post any more in this thread - I just want to see what you guys think.
The U.S. must leave now. It will only get worse for the U.S. and other people in that region if they stay. The U.S. is an irritant there, not a tonic or salve, as so many people believe. I have to laugh at people, especially Americans, who pose questions like yours which seem to show concern for Iraq and people within its borders. If you really cared about Iraq and the 50,000 IRAQIS YOU JUST MURDERED, you would have asked the tough questions in March of 2003. The U.S. was told beforehand, and in detail, that such a scenario would unfold yet it went ahead anyway. I have very little sympathy for the U.S. and its continued presence will only inflame the region and increase the likelihood of terrorism.
If U.S. troops pull back from Iraq, what do you think will happen in that country? Obviously I'm in favor of the troops being there, but I'm not trying to bait anybody. I'm just curious as to how you guys see this scenario playing out if they leave. In fact I'm not going to post any more in this thread - I just want to see what you guys think.
it is wrong to think the troops are there doing any good, they are inflamming the situation and as soon as they get out the better.
there are millions of people in iraq and only a few thousand troops, they are only making matters worse being there.
if you were in support of your troops then you would call for them to be safely sent home so no more are needlessly killed on a pack of lies by the british and american governments.
If U.S. troops pull back from Iraq, what do you think will happen in that country? Obviously I'm in favor of the troops being there, but I'm not trying to bait anybody. I'm just curious as to how you guys see this scenario playing out if they leave. In fact I'm not going to post any more in this thread - I just want to see what you guys think.
it is wrong to think the troops are there doing any good, they are inflamming the situation and as soon as they get out the better.
there are millions of people in iraq and only a few thousand troops, they are only making matters worse being there.
if you were in support of your troops then you would call for them to be safely sent home so no more are needlessly killed on a pack of lies by the british and american governments.
there were no weapons of mass distruction...
america has killed more innocent people in iraq in 3 years than sadam did in 20...
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Thanks for going to the trouble of proving my point about yourself.
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
Bad knee, ashtma are a few of the answers I have seen on this forum. Toss in scared as fuck to get killed and you have the real reason people can type on this board all day long about how great the war is and not go down to the shipping centre and get their gear and join their fellow Yanks in a true to life video with no reset button when the enemy gets ahold of you.
The wishes of the Iraqi people will be realized.
"Seven in ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year. An overwhelming majority believes that the U.S. military presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it is preventing..."
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/sep06/Iraq_Sep06_rpt.pdf
I don't think you guys have any more information than the Iraqi people concerning what will happen. But $2 billion of our tax dollars won't be transferred each week from our treasury to the military-industrial complex. And US soldiers won't continue to die in efforts to vindicate Chenys speculations, which thus far have been mistaken and a waste.
If the only two options were to occupy Iraq or walk away leaving them in this condition.... that is pretty sad.
We can and should end the occupation. Investigate and hold accountable those responsible - and work with the leaders in Iraq and her neighbors. Provide assistance in protecting the borders.
Civil war may be the only way to determine leadership - and if so - then they will have their civil war for power. Just as all nations have.
Its not complicated at all. If we continue to swallow the assertions of our waring government that Iraqis are incapable of settling their own domestc problems - then we will perpetuate this thing we created.
The U.S. must leave now. It will only get worse for the U.S. and other people in that region if they stay. The U.S. is an irritant there, not a tonic or salve, as so many people believe. I have to laugh at people, especially Americans, who pose questions like yours which seem to show concern for Iraq and people within its borders. If you really cared about Iraq and the 50,000 IRAQIS YOU JUST MURDERED, you would have asked the tough questions in March of 2003. The U.S. was told beforehand, and in detail, that such a scenario would unfold yet it went ahead anyway. I have very little sympathy for the U.S. and its continued presence will only inflame the region and increase the likelihood of terrorism.
it is wrong to think the troops are there doing any good, they are inflamming the situation and as soon as they get out the better.
there are millions of people in iraq and only a few thousand troops, they are only making matters worse being there.
if you were in support of your troops then you would call for them to be safely sent home so no more are needlessly killed on a pack of lies by the british and american governments.
there were no weapons of mass distruction...
it is wrong to think the troops are there doing any good, they are inflamming the situation and as soon as they get out the better.
there are millions of people in iraq and only a few thousand troops, they are only making matters worse being there.
if you were in support of your troops then you would call for them to be safely sent home so no more are needlessly killed on a pack of lies by the british and american governments.
there were no weapons of mass distruction...
america has killed more innocent people in iraq in 3 years than sadam did in 20...