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gussmith

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20. Hellooo

Reply to another_liberal (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 25, 2014, 06:37 PM

Feb 2014

We are not leaving; that is the point!!

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Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014 [View all] jenmito Feb 2014 OP

#1 Draft Dodger Dick Cheney not liking this one. Kingofalldems Feb 2014 #1

well, beyond cashing the checks, that is. mopinko Feb 2014 #3

Then I love it even more! I'm sure McCain andGraham not liking it, either. n/t jenmito Feb 2014 #9

Karzai government will last 22, maybe 25 days alcibiades_mystery Feb 2014 #2

Karzai is not long for this world. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #6

Yea liberalmike27 Feb 2014 #8

Uh, oh! AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #4

It's about time! nt rdharma Feb 2014 #5

Thank you Mr. President! another_liberal Feb 2014 #7

Hellooo gussmith Feb 2014 #20

Are we seeing the same OP? another_liberal Feb 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author tridim Feb 2014 #10

this is just multidimensional chess, with smoke and mirrors.... mike_c Feb 2014 #11

Yup-we'll ALL believe it when we see it, but I think we WILL see it. n/t jenmito Feb 2014 #12

I hope you're right! mike_c Feb 2014 #13

Great, wish I beleived it Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #14

You do understand that Obama is the President, not Bush. Right? tridim Feb 2014 #15

Iraq dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #17

Are you genuinely asking a question Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #25

this war has been a loser since day one Skittles Feb 2014 #26

"prepare for the possibility" = I'm thinking about maybe doing it. leadership fail nt msongs Feb 2014 #16

Those troops will be needed to help patrol what the USA is turning into. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #18

Why Is President Obama Cow Towing? gussmith Feb 2014 #19

Taliban in Afghanistan + Pakistan. Pakistan + Nukes = Taliban + Nukes. So we're there. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #24

It looks like President Karzai, not President Obama, is the one who is getting U.S. troops out. rug Feb 2014 #21

From your keyboard to God's monitor. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2014 #22

AFAIK we are out of Iraq: freshwest Feb 2014 #27

Thank you for all of that info. n/t jenmito Feb 2014 #29

IIRC about 50,000 "contractors" remain dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #30

Can you find a link to back up what you think you remember correctly? TIA. n/t jenmito Feb 2014 #32

I found a couple of links dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #33

Thanks, but the links are from 2011 and since there's nothing more recent, jenmito Feb 2014 #34

That would not be my interpretation dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #35

You're the one who made the claim, so if it's not true, it's not true. And I don't jenmito Feb 2014 #36

Actually I responded to a post claiming we are out of Iraq dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #37

I googled it and found a link stating how many contractors are in Iraq now: jenmito Feb 2014 #38

That appears to be only the Defense contractors dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #39

Every woman should leave the country as well mwrguy Feb 2014 #28

That is what needs to be done davidpdx Feb 2014 #31