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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 07:46 PM
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U.S. congresswoman proposes troop redeployment from Iraq to Pakistan, Afghanistan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/30/content_7340579.htm

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. troops in Iraq should be redeployed to Pakistan and Afghanistan to focus on fighting terrorist threats there, a U.S. lawmaker said on Saturday.

The House Representative from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, said in her weekly Democratic radio address that the Democrat-dominated Congress is challenging President George W. Bush administration's strategy in Iraq "in favor of a better one that will effectively combat terrorism and create stability in the Middle East."

"Time and time again, we voted for a strategy to redeploy troops out of Iraq to leave policing the streets to Iraqis and to focus our mission on anti-terrorism, and we won't give up," she said.

"Such a strategy forces the political reconciliation through which stability and rejection of terrorism can flow more effectively. Such an approach would allow for a greater focus on addressing growing terrorist threats in Afghanistan and Pakistan," she added.

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 07:52 PM
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1. because it's important that we slaughter people the world over
Edited on Sun Dec-30-07 07:53 PM by ixion
rather than confining our 'liberation' just to Iraq. :(
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 08:43 PM
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2. Isn't it wonderful being the world's policeman?
Good God, where do these people come from?.......................
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 10:04 PM
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3. thats nuts it would touch off more violence..........
:crazy:
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