Iraq's Wants The US To Pull Out
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SamSpade
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- It's non-binding.
- The prime minister is an acting prime minister, being threatened and may not represent the people.
- We just have around 5000 troops - so what difference would it make?
Even if made official - it would take up to a year. Enough time for Iran to stick their feet in their mouths - again.
THIS is what concerns me -
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/03/...o0SaKpqHO71I4H9Rv2lLp8jyp1JS-ReOWOMMdsGPH8HGc
Oh yeah. Fixed it. That's why they were our FRIENDS until a couple weeks ago.
SamSpade
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Was THAT vote unanimous?
Honestly, we've been there long enough. If they can't see fit to defend their own nation, it's on their heads.
It's coming up to 17 years. When they actually support the actions of Iranian militias inside their own borders, they need to see what it's like without us. But I'm slightly unpersuaded that this is what the nation wants.
Auntie Biache'
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Pull out. Leaven them to their own devices.
Protect the Kurds.
Hijinx
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My question is if we pull out does Iraq become an Annex of Iran?
It appears to me that the Iraqui's want to be led by the Iranians.
While the Iranians want to use Iraq to prop up their failing regime that is being hurt by sanctions.
Do the Iraqui people really want to be run by the Ayatollah who has sent Iran back to the 11th. century?
It appears to me that the Iraqui's want to be led by the Iranians.
While the Iranians want to use Iraq to prop up their failing regime that is being hurt by sanctions.
Do the Iraqui people really want to be run by the Ayatollah who has sent Iran back to the 11th. century?
The Shias... maybe. The Sunnis and Kurds... definitely not.
CPUSA
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Let me give it a shot...I think we should ... let them kill each other .....
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I got nothing...gotta agree with you...
I think we should ... let them kill each other .....
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It's kind of like Nazi Germany: supposedly we're trying to keep Iran from spreading out and taking over other countries. The leaders are all in cahoots; it's the people who suffer. But I'll be honest, not a single one of those savages is worth one drop of American blood. Some little crying girl used as propaganda to tweak us into "saving" her? Yeah, eff that kid. Our kids are more important.
And I have no real interest in that (unless I'm pissed and blowing off steam). We need to build ourselves up and be a behemoth so that if they screw with us we can beat their asses for them. Other than that I'm not terribly interested in fooling with them.
I'm also not interested in coming to the defense of dumbass countries who appeaseappeaseappease and wake up one morning to find that they've been invaded and their leaders have their heads on pikes. They should have to suffer the consequences of their corruption.
This_person
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If Iranians want to kill Iraqis and Iraqis want to kill Syrians and Syrians want to kill Qatari's, etc., etc., I'd say in the end we really have no say in what other countries do to each other. That worked really well for us before WWI and WWII, right? Because, in the end, they're all going to go after Israel, who is our ally. They're likely to go after Saudi Arabia, who is our ally.I think we should ... let them kill each other .....
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Then what? We let them kill our allies? Wipe Israel off the map? Where do we get involved? Do we wait for them to become the new Roman empire and control more than they can handle, and fall? What if they don't have Nero as a leader?
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's mind went here. I snickered every time I read "pull out".