P50L 610 Posted October 21, 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-announce-full-troop-drawdown-iraq-164843571.html?ugccmtnav=v1%2Fcomments%2Fcontext%2Fb294e681-1647-3c43-b85b-71dadcb409f4%2Fcomments%3Fcount%3D20%26sortBy%3Doldest Yup, Mr. Obama is getting them back to the states. Let those guys worry for their own problems, we have an economy to fix anyways. 2 Aqua7KH and kingdomlanelover reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spectrum of Life 188 Posted October 21, 2011 Hooray!That probably would save a lot of money It's a shame we couldn't offer better help than we could though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tails 6,692 Posted October 21, 2011 I'm glad all our troops are coming back. We had no reason to even be there in the first place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amon 4,279 Posted October 21, 2011 It only took another 4 years. Despite him claiming that he would be removing them at the beginning of his term he's only doing it now. Anyone who's been keeping up with current events knows that we're either going to be in Libya, Pakistan, or the Middle of Africa for some time. Guess we need more troops to deploy there. What a hypocrite. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heartless101 83 Posted October 21, 2011 Nice to see that Obama is at least doing this now. Also glad that the troops are coming back home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rikunobodyxiii 700 Posted October 21, 2011 It will be good to get the troops back. I just hope the people of Iraq will be able to defend themselves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amon 4,279 Posted October 21, 2011 It will be good to get the troops back. I just hope the people of Iraq will be able to defend themselves. They won't, a new dictator will come to power within a decade and nearly 10 years of war would of been pointless. 2 waytothexdawnx and Kaiso reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rikunobodyxiii 700 Posted October 21, 2011 They won't, a new dictator will come to power within a decade and nearly 10 years of war would of been pointless. Yeah, I fear that will be the case. We could try to help them more, but that would mean the some of the soldiers staying. Not good choices, all around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P50L 610 Posted October 22, 2011 They won't, a new dictator will come to power within a decade and nearly 10 years of war would of been pointless. Hey, at least he delivered his promise right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amon 4,279 Posted October 22, 2011 Hey, at least he delivered his promise right? Nope, because he said that it would be one of the first things he did as president. 1 Kaiso reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P50L 610 Posted October 22, 2011 Nope, because he said that it would be one of the first things he did as president. Good point. But he had to fix Bush's lie. :L Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amon 4,279 Posted October 22, 2011 Good point. But he had to fix Bush's lie. :L Bush didn't lie though. There were terrorist hide outs in Iraq. After the invasion of Afghanistan Osama hid in Iraq for some time. Records found after Navy SEALS killed Osama prove it. The remains of WMDs were found such as canisters that once held deadly gas. Everything he said was true. 1 waytothexdawnx reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace326 79 Posted October 22, 2011 I doubt that. Thats only a couple of things he said. I am not a democratic, republican or any other party because Im only 15 and therefore I cannot vote. I simply say that I know he lied. If he didnt lie then we wouldnt be in Iraq in the first place. Or any other middle eastern country. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Think Pink 1,967 Posted October 22, 2011 I doubt that. Thats only a couple of things he said. I am not a democratic, republican or any other party because Im only 15 and therefore I cannot vote. I simply say that I know he lied. If he didnt lie then we wouldnt be in Iraq in the first place. Or any other middle eastern country. We really don't have a choice in this war. We have to fight. The terrorists will keep trying to kill us no matter what. If we'd never invaded, then we'd probably have been attacked even further. It really at this point doesn't matter if he lied or not. We just can't surrender. Even if we did, we'd still be attacked. 2 rikunobodyxiii and waytothexdawnx reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripleNipple 308 Posted October 22, 2011 YAY Victory Dance! (>'O')> (^'O'^) <('O'<) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace326 79 Posted October 22, 2011 We really don't have a choice in this war. We have to fight. The terrorists will keep trying to kill us no matter what. If we'd never invaded, then we'd probably have been attacked even further. It really at this point doesn't matter if he lied or not. We just can't surrender. Even if we did, we'd still be attacked. We basically have rid ourselves of the talaban. There is no reason to fight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rikunobodyxiii 700 Posted October 22, 2011 We basically have rid ourselves of the talaban. There is no reason to fight Not necessarily. And there is also Al-Qaeda. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytothexdawnx 1,159 Posted October 22, 2011 No reason to fight? They only killed 1,762 residents of New York, 1,402 people in Tower 1, 674 residents of New Jersey, 658 employees of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P, 614 people in Tower 2, 355 employees of Marsh Inc, 343 firefighters, 175 employees of Aon Corporation, 37 Port Authority police officers, 23 police officers, 2 paramedics, 1 firefighter was killed by a man who jumped off the top floors, on the airplanes there were 246 members of the crews and passengers, 87 on American Airlines Flight 11, 60 on United Airlines Flight 175, 59 on American Airlines Flight 77, 40 on United Flight 93. During the attack on the Pentagon 125 military personnel and civilians died. Yeah, no reason to retaliate and defend at all... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace326 79 Posted October 23, 2011 Revenge makes us no better 1 P50L reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rikunobodyxiii 700 Posted October 23, 2011 Revenge makes us no better True, but there is another reason to fight. To defend. To stop events like 9/11 from happening again. 1 waytothexdawnx reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace326 79 Posted October 23, 2011 True, but there is another reason to fight. To defend. To stop events like 9/11 from happening again. I was more refering to the one person who gave the statistics Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Space Cowboy 1,392 Posted October 23, 2011 At least it's getting done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytothexdawnx 1,159 Posted October 23, 2011 I was more refering to the one person who gave the statistics ...If someone punched you in the face what would you do? I highly doubt just walk away. You'd probably defend yourself. There was weapons of mass destruction, they were going to attack AGAIN, what would YOU do in that situation? You can't talk to these people. They don't want to talk. They want to destroy us. But I'm wrong haha Silly me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytothexdawnx 1,159 Posted October 23, 2011 At least it's getting done. They're not really coming home. They'll come home for a little bit only to go somewhere else, like Iran. This isn't over. Look at Germany.. we've had our troops there I think for almost 60 years now. We'll never really leave Iraq. It's sad, but they're a huge threat to us. Another psycho leader will come into power and might be just as bad or even worse than Huessain and Bin Laden. This will never be over, unfortunately. They attacked us in such a horrible way, they'll continue to attack if we let our guard down and that's something people don't understand. I HATE war, I hate troops our dying, I'm apart of a military group and I send cards to them and I feel sick and saddened when I hear deaths but it's reality. This is how it is and it's not going to stop. The ones helping us are grateful and will continue to help, but there's more bad there than good. They need us. If we leave, they'll be outnumbered, killed and the bad ones will rise again and attack us again in a more brutal and strategic way. We can't let that happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
