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Rebecca    0

Rebecca
He's the one who sent them. He's sacrificed freedom from that burden. I'm sure sleep doesn't come easy... I doubt I could handle the sheer weight of that responsibility, even for 'the greater good'... [:/]

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

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We've just surpassed 2000 dead American soldiers in Iraq.

Pretty soon we'll have killed off more Americans than died on 9/11. No wonder there haven't been anymore terrorist attacks in the US. We send them over to the middle east and make it easier for them.

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kelpdiver    2

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We've just surpassed 2000 dead American soldiers in Iraq.

Pretty soon we'll have killed off more Americans than died on 9/11. No wonder there haven't been anymore terrorist attacks in the US. We send them over to the middle east and make it easier for them.



it cost the other side more than 19, though.

but overall, yeah, let's bail on Iraq. We can use the soldiers and the money for more productive causes.

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We've just surpassed 2000 dead American soldiers in Iraq.

Pretty soon we'll have killed off more Americans than died on 9/11. No wonder there haven't been anymore terrorist attacks in the US. We send them over to the middle east and make it easier for them.



it cost the other side more than 19, though.

but overall, yeah, let's bail on Iraq. We can use the soldiers and the money for more productive causes.



There are many who agree with you.

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kelpdiver    2

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that's the desired end game of revolutionaries. Is the only response to that to keep banging our heads against the wall? At some point, you have to reevaluate what you're getting out of it. I thought we got our objectives when we captured Saddam and toppled his government.

We can't fight the battle for the Iraqis - if they want to let minority factions push them around, their loss. And if they're actually the minority, then we don't have a chance anyhow.

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Gravitymaster    0

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You might be listening to the MSM too much.

Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?

Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?

Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?! They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?


http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/rebuilding.html

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Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?! They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.


I have a slingshot.:)
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Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?


I still have a slingshot.:)Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?***
I just purchased a second slingshot. Good times.:)

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

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Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?! They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.


I have a slingshot.:)
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Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?


I still have a slingshot.:)Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?***
I just purchased a second slingshot. Good times.:)


That's funny. I actually laughed.

I like Gravitymaster's points very much though.
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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markd_nscr986    0

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***Woohooo...positive results in Iraq! Guess what, liberals are glad about that. But we don't think it was worth it, we don't like being lied to by our "public servants" and we don't like the growing body count. Why is that so hard to understand?



This may come as a shock to you.........

but political conservatives dont like the growing body count or the political "games" either:o

Personally,I believe too many families have sacrificed too much for an outcome that may or may not achieve the desired result........ a stable democratic Iraq..........But,to pack up and leave now is not the right thing to do either........
Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004


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ReBirth    0

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Personally,I believe too many families have sacrificed too much for an outcome that may or may not achieve the desired result........ a stable democratic Iraq..........But,to pack up and leave now is not the right thing to do either........



Well, here we agree. Where we separate again is that I think the guy who got us to this point is incompetent and if not stopped would do the same thing (or worse) again.

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Gravitymaster    0

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Woohooo...positive results in Iraq! Guess what, liberals are glad about that. But we don't think it was worth it, we don't like being lied to by our "public servants" and we don't like the growing body count. Why is that so hard to understand?



Are you suggesting liberals are the only ones who don't like the growing body count?

It's hard to understand that liberals are happy about positive results in Iraq because of the constant belittling of any good news. Your post being an example. It's always..yeah....BUT...... Please show me a single thread in the last year, started by a liberal, who's topic was about anything positive related to the accomplishments in Iraq.

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Gravitymaster    0

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>You might be listening to the MSM too much. . .

Your statistics are pretty meaningless without accurate "before the invasion" figures. How much of what you claim is simply rebuilding what the "war on terror" destroyed?

Fixing what we broke is not overall progress for Iraq.



Second example.

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ReBirth    0

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Sorry...but if you tell me you have a check for me for $1,000,000, only catch is, it's the life insurance policy from my spouses death, I'm not going to be dancing in the street. It's the same thing. I may not be able to find anyone opposed to the war singing about the good things. Maybe that's because they are so overshadowed by the bad.

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Are you suggesting liberals are the only ones who don't like the growing body count?



Nope...I'm saying conservatives are responsible for it.

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