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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 09:47 PM
Response to Reply #14
21. Removing troops is not the same as bringing them home
If they are simply redeployed in the ME, the result is the same, the cost is the same.
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  -Please give SPECIFICS on Obama's Current Position Regarding WITHDRAWAL of ALL US Troops from Iraq Orwellian_Ghost  Feb-10-08 09:30 PM   #0 
  - Shut up and except Obama blindly!  AX10   Feb-10-08 09:33 PM   #1 
  - Yeah  Orwellian_Ghost   Feb-10-08 09:37 PM   #3 
  - They haven't read it yet  OzarkDem   Feb-10-08 09:38 PM   #5 
  - I'd suggest cleaning out your ears then.  AZBlue   Feb-10-08 09:41 PM   #12 
  - I think you mean ACCEPT  underpants   Feb-12-08 05:49 PM   #35 
  - He "reserves"  The_Casual_Observer   Feb-10-08 09:36 PM   #2 
  - Specifics  FARAFIELD   Feb-10-08 09:38 PM   #6 
     - Could be 99.  The_Casual_Observer   Feb-10-08 09:41 PM   #11 
        - Actually, it's 16 months maximum.  AZBlue   Feb-10-08 09:42 PM   #13 
           - But he "reserves"  The_Casual_Observer   Feb-10-08 09:45 PM   #19 
              - Really? 'Cause that's almost a direct quote from when I saw him about a week ago.  AZBlue   Feb-10-08 09:50 PM   #22 
  - ...  OzarkDem   Feb-10-08 09:37 PM   #4 
  - Here..  Webster Green   Feb-10-08 09:39 PM   #7 
  - From barackobama.com  Hippo_Tron   Feb-10-08 09:40 PM   #8 
  - Where will the combat troops go?  OzarkDem   Feb-10-08 09:46 PM   #20 
  - The combat troops will come home and it won't cost $10 billion a month to defend an embassy  Hippo_Tron   Feb-10-08 09:57 PM   # 
  - "He will keep some troops"  jackson_dem   Feb-10-08 10:28 PM   #27 
     - I'm not a military expert...  Hippo_Tron   Feb-10-08 11:11 PM   #34 
  - Straight from his website:  AZBlue   Feb-10-08 09:40 PM   #9 
  - Poor scholarship  Orwellian_Ghost   Feb-10-08 09:57 PM   #23 
     - So you knew the answer, you were just looking for an argument?  AZBlue   Feb-10-08 10:33 PM   #31 
        - But remember  Orwellian_Ghost   Feb-10-08 10:44 PM   #33 
  - consistently votes to support and fund the occupation nt  msongs   Feb-10-08 09:40 PM   #10 
  - consistently votes to keep troops supplied with armor, tanks, food and bullets, i.e., votes to keep  K Gardner   Feb-10-08 09:43 PM   #17 
     - That's been proven false  Orwellian_Ghost   Feb-10-08 10:06 PM   #26 
     - Joe Biden didn't think so, and given his position and experience and superior  K Gardner   Feb-10-08 10:33 PM   #32 
     - That's false. He was for funding the war before he was against it  jackson_dem   Feb-10-08 10:31 PM   #28 
  - Bring home 1-2 brigades a month, all troops out in 16 months.  tammywammy   Feb-10-08 09:42 PM   #14 
  - Removing troops is not the same as bringing them home  OzarkDem   Feb-10-08 09:47 PM   #21 
  - All "combat" troops  jackson_dem   Feb-10-08 10:32 PM   #30 
  - Here's Hillary's  ProSense   Feb-10-08 09:42 PM   #15 
  - We're not talking about Hillary's  Orwellian_Ghost   Feb-10-08 09:58 PM   #24 
  - He wants all troops out within 16 months of him being elected. He has set a withdrawl date,  RoadRage   Feb-10-08 09:42 PM   #16 
  - Not sure about Barack's position. But I can tell you Sen. Clinton's, without even having to go to  journalist3072   Feb-10-08 09:44 PM   #18 
     - We were talking about Obama's  Orwellian_Ghost   Feb-10-08 10:03 PM   #25 
        - Ignorance does not become you. eom  journalist3072   Feb-10-08 10:31 PM   #29 
 

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