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Canuck57[_9_]

On 20/03/2011 6:42 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:01:48 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:54:36 -0400,
wrote:

Why does there have to be outrage from the left? Where are the
Republicans who want the Afg. war to end right now? There aren't many.
Sounds to me like you're bitter about something. Perhaps you should
write Bush a letter and tell him how you feel about the two wars he
started, one of choice, while he pretty much ignored the one that had
some justification.

Actually I would write Obama a letter and ask him what happened to his
2007 and early 2008 promise to end BOTH wars.

Where's all the outrage about the Bosnian conflict? Oh wait, that was
Clinton's war..

I was never happy about Bosnia and we still have troops on the ground
there.

We still have troops in Germany, Korea, and Japan.

I don't understand Germany and Japan either.

Maybe we should remove them right now? Would that make you feel
better?

We are still at war with Korea ... as much as we ever were, this is
just a cease fire in an undeclared war.

So, we should just leave, right?

The troops in Bosnia are engaged in peacekeeping activities.

What the hell does that mean? If this is really "peace keeping", send
the peace corps, other wise it is a military adventure.

Really? Who have we shot at recently in Bosnia?

Iraq seems an "iffy" proposition. Many believe open warfare will break
out there as we begin pulling out in large numbers. I've always thought
Iraq was and would remain a disaster.

Count on it.

No, you count on it... the rest of us will go with the facts on the
ground.

Afghanistan, now there's the rub. I have no idea why we are in
Afghanistan, and it is one of the issues I have with the Obama
administration.

We have always agreed there.

Sometimes I think we maintain these overseas positions in order to give
our boys in uniform something to do, possibilities for promotion, and
the ability to remain in uniform.

After all, if we weren't so active, we could cut the military budget in
half, at least, and muster out hundreds of thousands of marginal troops
like Herring.

We could still cut the budget in half but the real problem is, most of
the DoD budget is a pork barrel jobs program.

Which is, of course, Obama's fault. Certainly not Reagan's.

Hey, if anyone thinks Reagan is to blame for the curent mess I suggest
they see a doctor a the logic and rationality centers of the brain must
be dead. Their that or too many bad drugs.

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