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In reply to the discussion: Fuck. [View all]SunSeeker
(51,564 posts)Yes, these soldiers DID "sacrifice so much for a people they never met." That is not saying the invasion was a good idea. They risked their lives, and some gave their lives, during this years-long "draw-down" mission to button up the Iraq we broke when Bush invaded. We could have just left them in the chaos that Obama was handed, but we did not. We wanted to give Iraqis a chance to get on their own feet, to "have a chance to forge their own destiny" as Obama states in the speech. That cost our soldiers a lot. That sacrifice should be acknowledged. As bad as things are now in Iraq, it would have been a lot worse if we had left running for the exits like we did from Vietnam.
Again, for the reading comprehension impaired, Obama spells it out: "So heres what I want you to know, and heres what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of you, we are ending these wars in a way that will make America stronger and the world more secure." http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/14/remarks-president-and-first-lady-end-war-iraq
So you now say you used that RW link because it had the specific (truncated) quote you used. I notice the headline of that article also contains the false narrative you are pushing. It is not "sleaziness" for me to accurately point out what you are doing. Sleaziness is linking to a lying RW article as an authority. If I wanted to be subjected to that, I'd open up my right wing in-laws' crazy emails. Like I said, I come here to get away from that crap.