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2009-03-31 Iraq

Logistical Nightmare in Iraq - 283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000 Troops

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-31 16:21|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Any more different than what's in the continental US, counting reserve and NG facilities? If it's a 'nightmare' there, why isn't it just as much a nightmare here?

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-31 17:49|| 2009-03-31 17:49|| Front Page Top

#2 P2k, in the US, all the troops have to deal with is the occasional protester outside the bases. And the occasional harassment from jerks in town.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-03-31 19:05|| 2009-03-31 19:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Yet somehow it all got in when there was shooting.

Posted by ed 2009-03-31 19:18|| 2009-03-31 19:18|| Front Page Top

#4 All of this will be delt with just as it was created. A little bit at a time. No big deal, it's not like we will disassemble each base in detail, we will pack the valuable stuff worth the effort and leave or turn over what isn't. this is over analyzed by bean counters.

Posted by tipover 2009-03-31 19:51|| 2009-03-31 19:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Alternet.com?
Don't worry, hippies. I'm sure they'll handle it. This isn't like fuckin Woodstock...

Posted by tu3031 2009-03-31 19:57|| 2009-03-31 19:57|| Front Page Top

#6 WAFF > WILL THE NEW INTERNATIONAl/GLOBAL CURRENCY WEAKEN US MILITARY POWER; + WORLD DEPRESSION: REGIONAL WARS AND THE DECLINE OF THE US EMPIRE.

* REDDIT > SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN AFGHANISTAN WILL DEPEND ON THE AMERICANS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-31 22:37|| 2009-03-31 22:37|| Front Page Top

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