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grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:25 PM
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Osama bin Laden is Dead. Sign the petition to begin swift troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.
http://rethinkafghanistan.com/



"On May 1st, 2011, we learned that a CIA operation in Pakistan killed Osama bin Laden.

After 10 years of war and the death of Osama bin Laden, it's time to bring the troops home from Afghanistan. With al-Qaeda driven from the country and Bin Laden now dead, the rationale for war has evaporated. It's time to stop now.

The swift withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan must begin immediately.

Bring them home.

Sign our petition and we'll deliver it to the White House this week."
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:52 PM
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1. Watch 60 Minutes Sunday nite. Obama says in taped interview this week: troop draw down in July
Edited on Sat May-07-11 04:53 PM by Tx4obama

from Afghanistan.

So, that is just about less than two months.



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bluestate10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 04:57 PM
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2. I won't sign. Troop drawdown is to start in July. I trust the President's decision making. nt
Edited on Sat May-07-11 04:57 PM by bluestate10
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Ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:22 PM
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3. I don't trust him at all with things like this
He announced and end to combat in Iraq last year, and deaths there are now at their highest since 2009. The only change in foreign policy was another war with another country that was no threat to America, Libya.
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:04 PM
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9. I doubt it. If they are, imo they will be moved to Pakistan, Yemen, or Libya. Nt
Edited on Sat May-07-11 06:04 PM by krabigirl
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grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 11:34 PM
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12.  He can use this petition as another arrow in his quiver for arguing that our troops return to their
Edited on Sat May-07-11 11:35 PM by grahamhgreen
loved ones.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:36 PM
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4. what are they going to do with 100K battlehardened troops?
Reservists and National Guardsmen that have been on continuous deployment for the past 10 years? Are they gonna bring em back to joblessness and foreclosed homes? Maybe put them in Hoovervilles on the national mall?

The war ain't over for anyone yet, it ain't gonna be over. Not when the only job available for a highschool grad is 4 years in the crotch, the army, the navy or air force.

Our democracy is dead.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:57 PM
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6. Just keep paying them
Pulling the gazillions from the private war profiteer corporations will more than cover it
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:05 PM
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10. Have them rebuild America. We need them fixing our roads and bridges, not over there.
Edited on Sat May-07-11 06:06 PM by krabigirl
Maybe they could work on high-speed rail?
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 05:49 PM
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5. Done. We lost. Get out. Get over it. K&R
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:00 PM
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7. K&R
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:03 PM
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8. Done. K & R.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-07-11 06:06 PM
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11. k&r...
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