reply to post by LLoyd45
Is this really an improvement over the situation we have right now? Will this stop the rising death toll among our troops, or lessen the economic
burden of this war on our country? all it appears to be is a re-shuffling of personnel to me? No change whatsoever.. It's the same war, just in a
different wrapper.
You have to be kidding......wasn't the "war on terror" supposed to be IN Afghanistan? Did you forget the "faulty intelligence" that got us in to
Iraq?
The Iraq war is a illegal war being waged under false pretenses for profit of a few. Someone, regardless of who created it, will have to clean it up.
We are spending a vast amount of our military resources playing world police.
The United States has about 27,000 troops in Afghanistan, of which about 15,000 are in the NATO force and the rest conduct missions ranging from
counter-terrorism to training Afghan forces.
source.
....and then Iraq
Currently there are 141,000 troops in Iraq, including 120,000 Army soldiers. Those soldiers are divided among 15 Army combat brigades plus other
support units.
source.
I have no problem with an immediate and complete withdrawal from Iraq. Apparently they do not either:
– A large majority of Iraqis–71%–say they would like the Iraqi government to ask for US-led forces to be withdrawn from Iraq within a year or
less. Given four options, 37 percent take the position that they would like US-led forces withdrawn “within six months,” while another 34 percent
opt for “gradually withdraw[ing] US-led forces according to a one-year timeline.”
source.
[edit on 25-7-2008 by Grafilthy]
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