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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:49 PM Original message |
US to help Iraq recruit 40,000 troops |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. They already said training Iraqis is a hopeless cause |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:56 PM Original message |
"RECRUIT" in this case probably means "round up." |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Awl lighten up. It only works out to $350,000 per troop. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. And now they are giving the death penalty for desertion |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. rotflmao!!! |
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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why are we going to be replacing their Soviet Weapons with American weapons? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. That's the idea. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. SOLVE the PROBLEMS of TODAY FIRST!! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. ..."We intend to take out the AK-47s and replace them with M16"... |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. A really stupid move, too. |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. M16 ammo is definitely in short supply. |
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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. US defense contractors wouldn't be happy then |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. M16s instead of AKs? Obviously, US defense contractors are still calling the shots. |
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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. We are also selling them 1000 Cougers from a company in S.C. |
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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. US to supply Iraq with sophisticated weapons |
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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Is he talking about the US tanks and Howitzers they will be getting or the Jets? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. they will just sell them to terrorists who will use them on us... not thought out outside the bank |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Shhh, it makes no difference to the arms manufacturers. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Like Carlyle? n/t |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sophisticated weapons are not needed to fight an insurgency |
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jmc247 (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Here are some of the things we are selling the Iraqi government this year |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Wonder what measures are being taken |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Why do they need howitzers? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. The boys want to make sure the Israelis have a threat |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Probably Those Microwave Crowd Control Guns |
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