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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:26 PM Original message |
Iraqis buying tons of U.S. military surplus items |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. now the military can spend billions on replacements: war profiteers win either way nt |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Do you do anything on DU but post flamebait and negativism anymore? nt |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. "barely noticed by a populace weary of war"... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Some enjoy whining more than winning.... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What the fuck does that suppose to mean? |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Exactly what I said ! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Getting out of Iraq is probably the most important issue to me.. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Where did all those troops go? Did they return to the US, or did they |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Almost all have returned home to USA |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's bullshit. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. You're right, that's bullshit. ALL, not "almost all" |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I don't call leaving behind 50,000 troops a pullout. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. We can debate the merits of leaving 50K and |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I believe some of the "...minium time..." rotation has been changed. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That's a question I'd like the answer to as well. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. But it didn't happen in 16 months |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. President Obama has kept his proimises.. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Most of them, yes he has |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Ha! Missed the snark.. thanks for clarifying.. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Am I just being cynical or... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yes |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Many hope he fails.. I think they have a pathetic perverse hope that from the ashes will arise.. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. BTW, I want to thank you for risking your life for this country... |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I really appreciate your kind words, thank you. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. So you respect the soldiers that took place in the My Lai massacre? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. There are rare extreme situations where soldiers should not follow their orders... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. So you are saying that the Pentagon and the higher ups are morally justified. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. So are you clueless or just pretending? Surely you know the military chain of command is critical.. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Thank you - I will take your experience as truth. |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:08 PM Original message |
Well done POTUS |
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greytdemocrat (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well done POTUS |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. We know what the Filipinos did with the Jeep |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yes, indeed.. the jeepney is everywhere! |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. K & R |
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