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oldgoat
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posted 05 October 2006 10:22 AM      Profile for oldgoat     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
As reported in todays Star

quote:
The military's top generals have warned Iraq is on the cusp of a civil war and that U.S. troops must remain in large numbers until at least next spring. But if the winds suddenly blow a different direction, Congress is ready to celebrate with a $20 million victory party.

I honestly don't know what to say.

[ 05 October 2006: Message edited by: oldgoat ]


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obscurantist
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posted 05 October 2006 12:13 PM      Profile for obscurantist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
If that was the only money that the U.S. spent on Iraq from now on, that'd be great.

Declare victory and leave. They should've done that three-and-a-half years ago. (Well, they did -- they just forgot to leave.)

But yeah, I say go for it. Declare victory and leave.

The helicopters from the roof of the embassy can come later.

[ 05 October 2006: Message edited by: Yossarian ]


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Noise
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posted 05 October 2006 12:48 PM      Profile for Noise     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
But yeah, I say go for it. Declare victory and leave.

Thats assuming that a victory in Iran isn't part of the full equation ^^

[ 05 October 2006: Message edited by: Noise ]


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Il Morto Qui Parla
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posted 05 October 2006 01:15 PM      Profile for Il Morto Qui Parla     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
you have to laugh
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