So, We're Leaving Iraq

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  1. ABM

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    The war is over. Obama is now a hero, effectively, cementing another 4 years.

    Simple as that.

    Right?...........Riiiight?
     
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    Well, I don't know that it makes him a hero, but he has kept that promise.

    Frankly he's looking pretty good on foreign policy. Libya worked out fine, killing Gaddafi cost us about 4400 less soldiers than killing Saddam. We are about to be out of Iraq. Bin Laden is dead meat, as are a bunch of his buddies. Afghanistan, of course, is still a flytrap, and Sarah Palin has not yet been brought to justice, so there is still work to be done.

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    ...and neither have you, for that matter.
     
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    Then why am I posting from Gitmo? Answer me that!

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    NATO and pursuing a man on the run. Yay.
     
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    Holy Crap There IS a God! (Yeah, I already knew that, but, just sayin....)
     
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    Nah, my hat's off to him, though. He's still our President and I'll always support him.......while he's in Office.
     
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    So what do you mean by that? Who is the man on the run? Bin Laden? Saddam? Gaddafi? Since he (whichever) was on the run, should we have let him go?

    Do you see something wrong with having NATO be the front man?

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    I was simply responding to your comparison of us losing so many assets nailing Saddam. That was a much different effort. It doesn't necessarily make it right, just different.
     
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    That was my point, that it was different.

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    I think you point, though, was that it was better. If so, I'd maintain that it's an apples vs. oranges comparison.

    Nonetheless, they're all the bad guys....and they're gone.
     
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    Yes, but you have to pay taxes on the bushel basket of apples and oranges (to quote Romney). Maybe there are some reasons to prefer oranges.

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    Yeah, orange ya glad we have choices?

    Back on topic, there's no doubt Obama will garner points in this latest move. However, I'm still a bit incredulous as to if it's the right one....that is, at this moment in time. We're certain to find out, though.
     
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    Not at all certain. We might both die tomorrow.

    Edit: in each others arms.

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    Careful, now. I just watched Red State.
     
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    Is it a win for Obama if Iraq is thrown into turmoil after we leave?
     
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    "However, I'm still a bit incredulous as to if it's the right one [move]....that is, at this moment in time."
     
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    Well, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that Iraq will continue to be in turmoil.

    Is that Obama's fault for pulling out, or Bush's fault for going in? Or would they be in turmoil no matter what the US did or didn't do? Depends on your perspective.

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    Sure, it's unstable at the moment, but I'm talking civil war. Lots of death. It will be interesting to see how things play out in Libya, Egypt, Syria, and now Iraq.
     
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    Civil war and lots of death is inevitable.

    Edit: Oh, sorry, I meant to post this in the thread about the GOP primaries.

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