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Iraq War offically over?

post #1 of 4
8/31/10 at 5:34pm
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Say it aint so
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post #2 of 4
8/31/10 at 5:38pm
I wont believe it till i see every solider has actually left

but i do see the afgan war isnt over
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post #3 of 4
8/31/10 at 6:51pm
Not yet. We still have 50,000 troops there to "advise" and train the Iraqi security forces. I guarantee a good number of those troops are combat troops, such as infantry and special forces.

I'm a pessimist when it comes to the future of Iraq. I don't see the current government lasting, or the security forces being able to do their job. I fear that the country will collapse into outright civil war. It's difficult to look past hundreds of years of bloodshed even without our involvement in Iraq. I read an article last week (I'll try to find it again) where some of the Sunni insurgents had mixed feelings about the US pull the majority of its forces out of Iraq. It didn't have to do so much with them wanting to continue to fight us, it had to do with their fears of the Shi'ite majority in Iraq, as well as Iran.

Here is the link to that article I mentioned:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100826/...aq_usa_falluja
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post #4 of 4
8/31/10 at 7:16pm
The Sunni government of Saudi Arabia doesn't want us leaving either. Their opinion may matter since they supply so much of the world's oil.

Invading Iraq was such a strategically stupid move. We eliminated a secular government that was a bulwark against Iran and undid a balance between the Sunni, Shia and Kurds that diplomacy won't replace.

The Shrub's daddy was smart enough not to do it but then he had all that experience with the CIA, The Council on Foreign Affairs and having travelled outside the US.
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