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Old 06-17-2014, 04:21 PM   #1
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Rockhound -

"So, we go back in, we stabilize, and then what. We're there for how long?"

Until the risk of pulling out is lower than the risk of staying. It's not rocket science.

"So... we could have snuck out?"

I don't know of a military strategist in the world, who doesn't think it's a bad idea to give the enemy years to plan for your departure. The empirical evidence of the last 7 days would seem to indicate that people like me were correct, does it not?

"If we just up and left, Al Qaeda wouldn't have noticed?"

You're either very slow on the uptake, or you are being belligerent for no reason. We should not have left until the Iraq military was capable of dealing with the residual threat. The events of the past few days make a very compelling case that we left too soon. Am I really going too fast for you when I say that?

"You're right. This is a war we never should have been involved with"

I never said I feel that way, in fact I think it was worth it (or at least, it was worth it until Obama gave away everything we accomplished). That's my opinion. What I said was, a compelling case could be made that it was a waste. I just happen to disagree.

What's not in dispute, is this...it was irrefutably a waste if we allow all the gains we made there, to vanish at the hands of murderous, barbaric cowards. I don't see what purpose that serves, unless you aren't rooting for our side.
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Old 06-17-2014, 07:27 PM   #2
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You're either very slow on the uptake, or you are being belligerent for no reason.

Am I really going too fast for you when I say that?
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Old 06-17-2014, 08:23 PM   #3
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I'm the life of a party, a riot!
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