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Mr Rabble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:23 AM
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Just a reminder: We are never leaving Iraq.
You know it as well as I do. We are never leaving Iraq.

We still have a very heavy presence in Okinawa as well as Korea; what would lead any of us to believe that this will be any different?

It wont. We are in Iraq forever.

With this in mind, maybe we can start to focus our considerable energies on the reasons "why" we are in Iraq, rather than the "how" of the tactical decisions surrounding the occupation.

Lets drive the debate toward the why.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:27 AM
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1. The Iraqis disagree and are doing pretty good job of giving us the boot.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:48 AM
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2. the proof is the size and nature of the permanent bases, and Bush's Palace
you don't build things like that unless you intend to never leave.
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Mr Rabble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 12:22 PM
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12. Of course. But that is just the manifestation of policy
that has been common knowledge- to those who are not willfully ignorant- for many years.

This is THE BIG prize.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:50 AM
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3. bush is after that oil pure and simple, that want dominance
in the region, I wonder what the Saudis their friends will say to that.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:51 AM
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4. You're causing me to sacrifice my peace of mind...n/t
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:51 AM
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5. Only thing I know for sure at this point is that we ain't leaving before 2009. n/t
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:51 AM
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6. Well at least not while Bush is in office - he's keeping there until he's gone
that way another administration can be blamed on Bush's failure
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Forrest Greene Donating Member (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 10:58 AM
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7. I Think
...you may be right, unfortunately. I also think you'll see Iraq, North Korea & Japan flying U.S. troops home, first class, one by one, before you'll see any substantive discussion of the Why in the mass media.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 11:04 AM
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8. Culture will out the troops
They do not want us there. We are not of their way. We are as alien to them as can be. As long as we remain we will be the enemy.
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Stanchetalarooni Donating Member (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 11:09 AM
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9. We never left Kansas. We just made it our own.
Of course it took a lot of dead Native Americans.
A lot of dead bison too!
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 11:10 AM
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10. Of course the US will leave Iraq. Diplomats are lining up now.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 11:42 AM
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11. Eventually, they will run out of oil
Or we will finally develop a cheap, reusable source of energy and no longer need oil.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-17-07 12:28 PM
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13. That is what I thought about Vietnam too
The Vietnamese had different ideas.

Don
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