Has everyone forgotten about Iraq?

[sampsonblk]

Bomb Kills 32; 12,000 Americans to leave by fall

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090308/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

[bluestateguy]

1. Don't be too hard on people for that

Unless you have a relative over there, I can entirely sympathize with people putting Iraq on the back burner: they are worried about paying bills, finding a job, keeping their current job, their diminishing retirement funds, etc. It's unfortunate, but unless you have a very direct stake in what happens over there, you will be more inclined to worry about pressing problems here at home.

[Occam Bandage]

2. No. Iraq comes up quite frequently in discussion here.

Not nearly as frequent as the economy, for good reason.

[LWolf]

3. Not at all. nt

[polichick]

4. I only wish we could forget.

[tabasco]

5. 150,000 troops in country and we couldn't stop a bombing.

We better send another 150,000.

:sarcasm:

[greguganus]

6. The post de jour is Obama bearing gifts. n/t

[Cha]

7. Rec'd~ No, Iraq and getting out of there

in a safe way is one of the most important issues we have.