http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/42602.page Public Action http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1683824 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1683824 GMT Iraq has a 78 billion dollar surplus, we should not be paying for anything any longer, they should be footing the bill and reimburse us for at least some of the money we have spent.]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1549014 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1549014 GMT What does it mean to "win" in Iraq? Do you understand what happened when we left Vietnam, peace ... the war continued until we left ... no more fighting. Now Vietnam is a tourist destination. Bring the wife and kids to beautiful Vietnam and believe me, it is a beautiful country.

I was in Vietnam in 1969 bringing supplies to the troops. The average Vietnam population didn't want us there, our soldiers didn't want to be there, Johnson and the power behind him wanted us there.

We lost 60,000 men and women. They (Vietnam) lost over a million ... for what ...
American Imperialism and it is still going on. This time the country is Iraq. I don't understand "turn tail and run", they didn't attack us. Saddam never had WMD. It was all a lie so we could try to dominate the oil supply. GW Bush made a comment "all of our oil is under their land".

If it was about Bin Ladin why didn't we go after him. Because it's about Big oil, Halliburton and the rest of GW's buddies.

Just my thoughts,

JC in SC]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1685616 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1685616 GMT
He is a naval BOMBER. Meaning he is a conventional fighter, period. We are fighting an unconventional war. We can't use Iwo Jima here. We can't even define our enemy and they don't even have a uniform! Obama wants to withdraw from Iraq and finnish the battle againist where Bin Laden really is. It is like skipping over Japanese occupied Manchuria and going straight for Japan. And guess what? Manchuria returned to China and we won! There is no bomb here, here, and here solution!

If our troops learned that they will receive no pay and no benefits or even decent equipment, do you honestly think we will have a very efficent military? No. We won't. So we have to do the equivalent of that to the terrorist. They are fueled by a closed minded and desperate outloook and a very strong justifiable hatred of America. Forgive me if I am wrong, even if people still die, the Peace Corps are much better prepared to battle that kind of motivation, not the 3rd Marines.

Diplomacy first, war as a last resort.

Grassroot bottom up, not top bottom.

I think Obama understands this the most. And the fact that the only Iraq War veteran congressman endorse s Obama reinforce that belief. That said, I will sit down and watch in amusement as he tries to figure out what to do with that package of futuristic weapons the army wants.]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1413617 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1413617 GMT http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1354627 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1354627 GMT http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1043412 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/959615.page#1043412 GMT
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