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Mon Sep-10-07 02:16 PM
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| "Pre-surge level by summer of 2008" doesn't that still leave like 130,000 troops in Iraq? |
| Solly Mack
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:18 PM
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| 1. I've a chart in my journal of the troops levels since 2003 |
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Edited on Mon Sep-10-07 02:19 PM by Solly Mack
and "pre-surge" levels have gone as high as 162K...
I'll dig for it later...but it is there.
And your point is an excellent point!!
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:19 PM
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| 2. That is what I was thinking also... |
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They are only giving up the extra troops they sent for the surge but they make it seem like a troop reduction.
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:21 PM
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| 5. exactly, just in time for the republicans running for office "See were bringing them home!" |
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:19 PM
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| 3. plus an equal number of mercenaries... |
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:20 PM
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| 4. yup, looks like mercenaries will be spending the next 25 years in Iraq. |
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:26 PM
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it's just another spin. If the Dems can't get the votes to defund this, we'll be there until after Bush leaves.
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Mon Sep-10-07 02:50 PM
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It's a kind of a pretend withdrawal all dishonest politicians can get around.
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