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Wed Aug-18-10 06:18 PM
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So the last of the combat brigade is leaving Iraq |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:22 PM
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1. Lt. I AM cheering for ya |
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and the rest of the Striker Brigade.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:24 PM
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3. The "i" is a "y"! It's play baby spelling. |
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THE universe is ending...
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:24 PM
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2. and the 50,000 that are staying... building schools? nt |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:26 PM
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4. I know this is difficult to people to comprehend |
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but these are NOT combat troops. What they are doing is training, advising SUPPORTING. They are SUPPORT troops.
I know this is a difficult thing to explain UNLESS you have any understanding of the military.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:30 PM
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so kinda like Vietnam in 1963?
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:33 PM
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9. Hmm no, those WERE combat troops in 1963 |
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Ever served? Or know anybody who has? You may want to ask the difference. I am serious.
By the way some of these troops are engineers, so yes, they are helping with silly shit like BUILDING SCHOOLS and Water systems.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:36 PM
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12. since when did marines |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:38 PM
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13. Look if you think this is not historic |
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that is your issue. This is historic... PERIOD.
This WAR IS WINDING DOWN... a promise kept.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:43 PM
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17. And I know my son will be doing convoy security and still a target |
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Yeah, I am glad combat missions are ending - but that does not mean many are not going to still be targets. Only now we have less people there to protect them.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:45 PM
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"Only now we have less people to protect them." :hug: for you and your son.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:46 PM
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19. I realize that, but this is also part of the agreements |
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Your son should and probably did receive the basic training that should keep him safe though. Or as safe as you can be in the middle of a firefight.
Look, I was technically support, in a well marked ambulance, and I stopped counting the times I came under fire in the last two years I did that ok. And I did not have a weapon to protect myself with either.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:56 PM
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25. Transportion units will be the last ones to leave |
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Edited on Wed Aug-18-10 06:58 PM by JonLP24
As well as the ones providing security. They got to get as much stuff as possible out of there and that is where the truck drivers come in.
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:03 PM
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29. they will be fighting a counter-terrorism war against al-Qaeda and its supporters. |
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how this doesn't count as "combat", I don't know. Maybe a Vietnam-style "police action"?
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:26 PM
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5. I think they're mostly training the Iraqi Army/police |
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Either that or building the secret rothschild death camps.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:28 PM
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6. 50,000 advisors armed and ready to shoot |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:34 PM
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10. In self defense, sure. |
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Are you saying they shouldn't defend themselves?
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:34 PM
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11. And ready to build drainage ditches |
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I know some people really have trouble comprehending just how critical this is... and historic too.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:31 PM
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8. There are also 50,000 troops still in Germany....n/t |
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:04 PM
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30. there is no war in Germany. You are aware of that? |
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:17 PM
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34. So you're saying WWII is over? |
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The troops are still there, so by your logic the war must still be going on.
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:40 PM
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38. the 50000 troops in Germany are not fighting in a war. That means war with Germany is over. |
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Got it? The 50000 troops still in Iraq are fighting a war.l Got it?
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:18 PM
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35. Of course, but we still have 50,000 troops there....n/t |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:40 PM
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This is truly wonderful. Godspeed. nt |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:40 PM
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14. so the last of the combat brigades are being rebranded.. |
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pardon me if i don't share your enthusiasm.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:47 PM
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20. A striker brigade IS a combat brigade |
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I know you don't want to see that this is historic, and quite frankly, that is your problem.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:54 PM
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22. and the 50000 that are staying behind? |
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they've been REBRANDED, and if YOU can't see that, well then that's your problem. PEACE.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:56 PM
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nadinbrzezinski
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:56 PM
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24. Quick, how many troops do we still have in Germany? |
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50K
How many in Japan?
Korea?
Could go on.
Suffice it to say some of THOSE ARE combat formations. If you do not know the difference that is YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM, quite honestly.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:58 PM
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Edited on Wed Aug-18-10 07:01 PM by frylock
listen, quit lording your fucking military experience over everyone like we're a bunch of fucking kids. i come from a military fam, so i know what the fuck, mkay?
question: how many people were killed by car bombs this month in germany? korea? okinawa? ???
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:02 PM
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they are STILL NOT COMBAT TROOPS.
No matter how much you try to make it so.
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Wed Aug-18-10 08:13 PM
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40. they are still combat troops.. |
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no matter how much you want to swallow the marketing campaign.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:42 PM
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15. These folks aren't just going to shoot in self defense. |
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The administration and the Pentagon have already said that the "support" troops will engage in combat operations with the Iraqi security forces if they ask for our help. The only thing standing between those troops and active combat operations is a phone call.
Most of these troops will be actively participating in security sweeps and combat patrols alongside the Iraqi army.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:42 PM
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16. No celebration from me till every troop, merc, and the last can of Who Hash is out. |
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Edited on Wed Aug-18-10 06:43 PM by TheKentuckian
Promise pending.
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:49 PM
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21. Does that mean if Iraqi's kill each other you will be in the process of cheering? |
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:38 PM
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37. The civil war will get hotter |
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regardless of how you feel about it.
And there is more... willing to predict our media will mostly NOT report on it either.
I know you do pay attention, but for the rest that do not... they have not formed a government from the last set of elections. Oh and I did forget to mention the bombings.
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:41 PM
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39. No, I haven't been cheering that all these years we were there, no sense starting now. |
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Wed Aug-18-10 06:58 PM
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And I hope my young friend James is leaving with these troops.
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:04 PM
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31. If he is attached to the Striker brigade, he is |
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:10 PM
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32. I don't actually know. |
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He's a young man from my town, I know his whole family. But I don't know if he is Striker brigade. He has been in Baghdad patrolling with the Army.
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Wed Aug-18-10 07:11 PM
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