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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:48 PM Original message |
Obama: "Troops WILL start coming home July 2011. Period. It's etched in stone". |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. "taking into account conditions on the ground." nt |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. The sun WILL start expanding into a red giant today |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Quagmire. We will be there 50 years and/or until our nation goes broke. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Yep. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Technically, troops are already coming home...and have been since the war started. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Obama said summer of 2010. But not a precipitous withdrawal... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. CNN was showing video of McCrystal talking to the troops today about the strategy |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Thanks for the info |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. THANK YOU!!! IF they don't come home in 2011, THEN |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. So here's what I learned from watching the hearing today... |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Which talking point? That the troop increase is a good idea? nt |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. lol, you knew I was talking about YOU didn't you Johnny boy? |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. My real name is John McC... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Thanks and what |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obam's troops will come home in July 2011, however the... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. They will START to come home in July 2011. |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "taking into account conditions on the ground." nt |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. The conditions on the ground will remain the same for generation to come |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I say, let the occupiers come home... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. They Have To Because 2012 Is An Election Year......nt |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You said it! n/t |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. They likely wont all be home by 2012..... |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. "I think, however, his goal is to have them all home by January 20th 2013" |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. It may take them ten years to do it, but they will "start" to come home then. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Kicked and recc'd just because the haters and the anti-afghan elements |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sure. When will all the troops out, or even half of them? |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. How many troops will come home in 2011? When will all our troops come home? |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. One way or another they will start coming home 7-11 |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. More like Iraq. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good to hear. K&R |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. Wasn't gitmo supposed to be already closed and didn't he promise Planned Parenthood |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The troops that have been drawn down have been replaced with taxpayer paid contractors in Iraq |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. He forgot to tell Secy of Defense Gates |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
33. A couple came home today--in flag-draped coffins. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. Great. A war with an expiration date. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Iraq has an expiration date...and we're doing OK so far. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
36. So in 7-2011 we will cut and run in defeat? |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. you bring up a good point. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. thanks for the reply |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. This is good.... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-03-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
39. Well then. |
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