So the last of the combat brigade is leaving Iraq

[nadinbrzezinski]

good

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Lt. I AM cheering for ya

and the rest of the Striker Brigade.

[JanMichael]

3. The "i" is a "y"! It's play baby spelling.

THE universe is ending...

[GSLevel9]

2. and the 50,000 that are staying... building schools? nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I know this is difficult to people to comprehend

but these are NOT combat troops. What they are doing is training, advising SUPPORTING. They are SUPPORT troops.

I know this is a difficult thing to explain UNLESS you have any understanding of the military.

[GSLevel9]

7. hmmmm... ok

so kinda like Vietnam in 1963?

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Hmm no, those WERE combat troops in 1963

Ever served? Or know anybody who has? You may want to ask the difference. I am serious.

By the way some of these troops are engineers, so yes, they are helping with silly shit like BUILDING SCHOOLS and Water systems.

[another saigon]

12. since when did marines

become 'advisers'?

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Look if you think this is not historic

that is your issue. This is historic... PERIOD.

This WAR IS WINDING DOWN... a promise kept.

[The Straight Story]

17. And I know my son will be doing convoy security and still a target

Yeah, I am glad combat missions are ending - but that does not mean many are not going to still be targets. Only now we have less people there to protect them.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Good point.

"Only now we have less people to protect them." :hug: for you and your son.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. I realize that, but this is also part of the agreements

Your son should and probably did receive the basic training that should keep him safe though. Or as safe as you can be in the middle of a firefight.

Look, I was technically support, in a well marked ambulance, and I stopped counting the times I came under fire in the last two years I did that ok. And I did not have a weapon to protect myself with either.

[JonLP24]

25. Transportion units will be the last ones to leave

As well as the ones providing security. They got to get as much stuff as possible out of there and that is where the truck drivers come in.

[provis99]

29. they will be fighting a counter-terrorism war against al-Qaeda and its supporters.

how this doesn't count as "combat", I don't know. Maybe a Vietnam-style "police action"?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. I think they're mostly training the Iraqi Army/police

Either that or building the secret rothschild death camps.

[mike r]

6. 50,000 advisors armed and ready to shoot

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. In self defense, sure.

Are you saying they shouldn't defend themselves?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. And ready to build drainage ditches

I know some people really have trouble comprehending just how critical this is... and historic too.

[monmouth]

8. There are also 50,000 troops still in Germany....n/t

[provis99]

30. there is no war in Germany. You are aware of that?

[Gordan Shumway]

34. So you're saying WWII is over?

The troops are still there, so by your logic the war must still be going on.

[provis99]

38. the 50000 troops in Germany are not fighting in a war. That means war with Germany is over.

Got it? The 50000 troops still in Iraq are fighting a war.l Got it?

[monmouth]

35. Of course, but we still have 50,000 troops there....n/t

[DevonRex]

This is truly wonderful. Godspeed. nt

[frylock]

14. so the last of the combat brigades are being rebranded..

pardon me if i don't share your enthusiasm.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. A striker brigade IS a combat brigade

I know you don't want to see that this is historic, and quite frankly, that is your problem.

[frylock]

22. and the 50000 that are staying behind?

they've been REBRANDED, and if YOU can't see that, well then that's your problem. PEACE.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. +1

:thumbsup:

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Quick, how many troops do we still have in Germany?

50K

How many in Japan?

Korea?

Could go on.

Suffice it to say some of THOSE ARE combat formations. If you do not know the difference that is YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM, quite honestly.

[frylock]

27. wow! really?!

listen, quit lording your fucking military experience over everyone like we're a bunch of fucking kids. i come from a military fam, so i know what the fuck, mkay?

question: how many people were killed by car bombs this month in germany? korea? okinawa? ???

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. And your point?

they are STILL NOT COMBAT TROOPS.

No matter how much you try to make it so.

[frylock]

40. they are still combat troops..

no matter how much you want to swallow the marketing campaign.

[Xithras]

15. These folks aren't just going to shoot in self defense.

The administration and the Pentagon have already said that the "support" troops will engage in combat operations with the Iraqi security forces if they ask for our help. The only thing standing between those troops and active combat operations is a phone call.

Most of these troops will be actively participating in security sweeps and combat patrols alongside the Iraqi army.

[TheKentuckian]

16. No celebration from me till every troop, merc, and the last can of Who Hash is out.

Promise pending.

[stray cat]

21. Does that mean if Iraqi's kill each other you will be in the process of cheering?

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. The civil war will get hotter

regardless of how you feel about it.

And there is more... willing to predict our media will mostly NOT report on it either.

I know you do pay attention, but for the rest that do not... they have not formed a government from the last set of elections. Oh and I did forget to mention the bombings.

[TheKentuckian]

39. No, I haven't been cheering that all these years we were there, no sense starting now.

[redwitch]

26. I am glad.

And I hope my young friend James is leaving with these troops.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. If he is attached to the Striker brigade, he is

[redwitch]

32. I don't actually know.

He's a young man from my town, I know his whole family. But I don't know if he is Striker brigade. He has been in Baghdad patrolling with the Army.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. hugs, I hope he is

[redwitch]

36. Thanks.

:hug: back at you.