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“Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement,” read a letter from United States Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq.
originally posted by: 0zzymand0s
a reply to: matafuchs
Admittedly, I didn't vote for him. For whatever reason, I 'believed' Clinton had the experience to get this done and Trump had none. Obviously there is a big difference between maintaining and growing our existing deployment in perpetuity and actually ending engagements where appropriate. It sounds like its time. Good on the president for getting it done at cost of one bad guy and his complicit buddies. Most presidents would have needed some collateral damage just to get out of bed in the morning.
originally posted by: 0zzymand0s
a reply to: Wardaddy454
I have no idea, honestly. Decades of thinking of myself as a lefty (and I am in a lot of ways) was a big part of it. The other part, for what it's worth --, was Trump himself. The only place I knew him from at all was from TV and his association with a multilevel marketing thing a buddy tried to sell me on years ago that looked like total horse-snip (it was).
I grew up on the west coast. I was a surfer and a punk rock kid. The whole east coast mafioso real estate vibe just turned me off. He didn't seem credible or competent beyond greasy real estate deals. Like I said, it was a gut thing. I'm sure that's true for lots of people. It's hard to look past a gut check and decide for the thing that initially turns you off.
I'd take it back if I could, not that it would matter. Colorado was pretty blue for the Hilldog.