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2008-07-31 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-07-31 07:23|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Only with a generational - all encompassing - population blood transfusion will it ever work. They just do not have the history or backboard to serve against. Once we are gone and they are the lone "democracy" in that world, how long do you think it will last?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-07-31 08:27|| 2008-07-31 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 They've jsut had a population blood transfusion. We killed piles of the ones that needed to be expelled fromt he "bloodstream", and that serves as a vacciene.

The error you make is believing that we are goign to be completely gone quickly. Not so, We will likely have 50K toops there for a decade or more. And as their military gets stronger it will be a bulwark for society against the abuses of the Islamists and any would-be dictators.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-31 09:42|| 2008-07-31 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 We still have troops billeted in Germany, Japan and South Korea, Jack. So, too, should we keep American troops in Iraq for several generations. Not to mention that the rest of the region remains at a slow boil, making it likely we'll want to have units readily available for whatever the next step in the War on Terror needs to be.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-07-31 09:54|| 2008-07-31 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 VDH is SUCH a good writer!

Posted by Bugs Elmomomp6649 2008-07-31 10:02|| 2008-07-31 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Flying pigs

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-07-31 10:33|| 2008-07-31 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 It would be nice if Iraqi's from around the world (I know we have a ton down here in San Diego) would return to Iraq with their years of living in a peaceful, civilized, democracy. That learning experience has to be valuable to the new Iraqi democracy.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-07-31 11:29|| 2008-07-31 11:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Do keep in mind, the relationships between our GI's and the Iraqi kids.... Role models? The best in the world.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2008-07-31 12:29|| 2008-07-31 12:29|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree but that role model thing won't last after we've moved on to bases or out of Iraq entirely. Much better to have Uncle Abdul move back into the old neighborhood and bore the folks about how in America we did it this way and it worked pretty well...

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-07-31 12:50|| 2008-07-31 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 I am hoping it works.

I'm thinking I may immigrate there when I retire.

I kind of cotton to the idea of spending my Golden Years in a free country.

Posted by Kelly 2008-07-31 16:04|| 2008-07-31 16:04|| Front Page Top

#10 If Iraq works (which it seems to be), the Donks and their co-conspirators, the MSM will have problems with it.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-07-31 18:29|| 2008-07-31 18:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Not as big a problem as the mullahs in Iran and the royals in Saooooodi.

Posted by remoteman 2008-07-31 20:03|| 2008-07-31 20:03|| Front Page Top

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