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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:31 AM Original message |
Withdrawal from Iraq: The most pragmatic solution available... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Jordan only has about a hundred thousand or so active military troops |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The reason I chose Jordan was to put an Arab face on the force... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Happy New Year, CH. I have been thinking about this subject lately |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Numerous Jordanians have joined the Iraqi insurgency. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes but that King Hussein is dead and his idiot son is now in charge n/t |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Good point. This guy has played both ends against the middle, so |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Was with you until |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The UN is the only entity that could handle this... |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. They said the same thing with Vietnam. No civil war. In this case |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree that we have to get out - but, I'm not sure there is any solution. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I don't think an intact Iraq, geography-wise, is possible... |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Well a disintegrated Iraq isn't in the best interests of its people |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I certainly don't want to see a forced partition of Iraq... |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. You need to get rid of the contractors somehow as well |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You are absolutely right. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I believe once their American protection was out of the picture... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. Withdrawal from Iraq is long past due. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm operating on three simple concepts: |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Gradual? Up to a year? Why? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm with you Redstone |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. We have 3 years worth of shit to take with us... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Well, if you really mean "in a year or three, maybe you should take the |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-02-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Actually, I said "not to exceed one year" in my OP... |
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