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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:38 AM Original message |
Sources: Obama Administration to Drop Troop Levels in Iraq to 3,000 |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. "...are SAID to be livid..."???? That's definitive. Makes me |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. 3000 Hostages, 3000 Americans with Bullseyes on their fronts |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Breaking |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. The gains "the Iraquis" have won over the years????????? |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Poor HIllary, poor Joementum |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. If true, I'm glad. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Same here. It would be even better if he stays with the complete removal |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Define "troops" -- |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is from Fox News |
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notGaryOldman (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. HuffPo is reporting it too. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. If this proves to be true, it is excellent news. It signals |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great stuff, if true |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I think we'll get there. Afghanistan is... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yet the budget keeps going up. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. woo me with science |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Sources" = people too cowardly to go on the record |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. How many contractors will be left? How many slaves will they oversee? |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Have you ever worked in this part of the world? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm learning, and it doesn't look pretty. n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. As of March 2011, there were 64,253 DOD contractor personnel in Iraq. |
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Badsam (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. I guess this means me are moving to Iran? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. How many private contractor troops will remain? |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. I can never help but think...WTF is having military ALL over the world costing? |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Probably something close to the tune of 500-800 billion |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. take them ALL out, dammit.... |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe Blackwater can pick up the slack. They are a private corporation, not subject to |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. We pay Blackwater mercenaries. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I suspected that military numbers were a mirage. nt |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Smells like Foxaganda. |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. And the contractor level? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Without a new SOFA, all U.S. troops might still have to exit Iraq, rendering the U.S. decision moot. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Yes, this "story" is about trying to leave some there. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. But DU said Obama was just like Bush. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. i'm livid too |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. Meanwhile I suppose he's raising a similar amount in Afghanistan |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't believe a word of it. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. It Is Easy To Forget That McCain Was Promising To Stay In Iraq |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Obama didn't stick to his own timetable. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Thats A Bit Of False Equivalency - McCain's One Hundred Year Promise To Stay |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I made no claim of equivalency. I didn't even mention McCain. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
39. Here's a version of the story without the Fox spin: |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
40. good. |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
41. Should have been done on day one |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
43. Plan Would Keep Small Force in Iraq Past Deadline |
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