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2005-03-15 Afghanistan/South Asia

US to Pull Troops Out of West Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2005-03-15 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 good, we get our troops chasing baddies, and leave the peacekeeping duties to others, and even manage to get something out of Spain and Greece. Helps with global overstretch, as well as locally.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-15 9:16:42 AM|| 2005-03-15 9:16:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 My read is they are turning it over to the 2nd string.

Posted by raptor 2005-03-15 10:23:12 AM|| 2005-03-15 10:23:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 And that also means that if Iran attacks, it attacks NATO first, before it even gets near the US forces.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-15 10:49:09 AM|| 2005-03-15 10:49:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Anyone else read the headline as "West Virginia"?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-15 12:26:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-15 12:26:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 And more Europeans will have seen the situation in Afghanistan, and the good we are doing there, first hand. Aris, if that's where you end up while conscripted, do remember not to debate with the locals -- I don't think that's one of their usual pleasures. And they'll react more strongly than the Rantburgers you joust with. ;-) (In the meantime, dear, I hope you've started a program of calisthenics -- it makes life so much easier if one can do the required push-ups, sit-ups, and distance running without triggering a heart attack. Your drill sergeant will still yell at you, but at least you'll have the strength to listen ;-). )

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-15 1:00:59 PM|| 2005-03-15 1:00:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 trailing wife---and the commanding officer will be named Kapitan Karma. LOL!

Posted by Alaska Paul In Nikolaevsk, Alaska 2005-03-15 4:15:37 PM|| 2005-03-15 4:15:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ahhhh, the spring thaw in the Kush has our SF buddies gearing up for another Bearded Mountain Squirrel season!!!

Posted by Janos Hunyadi 2005-03-15 7:38:06 PM|| 2005-03-15 7:38:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 yup. No troops near the Iranian border, not us, nosirree..... right

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-15 7:59:02 PM|| 2005-03-15 7:59:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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