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Courtesy Flush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 06:31 AM
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When was the last time we actually had an exit strategy?
Iraq? Viet Nam? Germany? When did we ever have -- or adhere to -- an exit strategy?
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 06:35 AM
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1. When Obama first mentioned the Public Option.
his exit from that position was classic.
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 06:42 AM
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2. Operation Urgent Fury, aka Grenada?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 06:53 AM
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3. Vietman
The military hasn't left Germany yet.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 09:38 AM
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4. Exit strategies are old school.
that kind of thinking means an end to something.

can't end the gravy train of wealth for corporations and the 1%, can we?

we. are. never. leaving.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 09:58 AM
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5. We don't exit, we stay forever.
Look at Japan, Germany, Korea. To us, war is an excuse for new military bases.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 10:01 AM
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6. I prefer going into the ladies room, climbing out the window,
and running across the parking lot.
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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 10:02 AM
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7. The U.S ALWAYS has an exit strategy
The exit strategy is always the same: defeat the enemy, then exit.

The problem is with America's enemies, who seldom allow themselves to be defeated.

The Germans were the last group to do so, if you don't count America's weekend-long military triumph in Granada.
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Cresent City Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-11 10:09 AM
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8. It may have been our first foreign war
The one that gave the Marines the line, "The Shores of Tripoli...".
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