Is anyone surprised they're not coming home?

ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Aug-13-03 10:17 AM
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Is anyone surprised they're not coming home?

http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030812/API/308120771&cachetime=5

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All troops in Iraq should expect to serve for at least a year, with brief rest breaks in the region and possibly a few days at home, the commander of U.S. forces said Tuesday. That came as news to some soldiers.

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But some of the 148,000 soldiers in Iraq said nobody told them how long they would remain in the country, where guerrillas attack Americans daily and high temperatures often top 120 degrees.

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Is there room in Washington for another memorial?

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Divernan

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Wed Aug-13-03 10:21 AM
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1. Could put one on the Supreme Court steps.

Edited on Wed Aug-13-03 10:23 AM by Divernan

Given how their decision on the 2000 election was a necessary precedent to allowing Bush to start this oil war.
That would be giving credit where credit is due.

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Brian Sweat

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Wed Aug-13-03 10:22 AM
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2. Hell no

Anyone who thought any different is an idiot.

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revcarol

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Wed Aug-13-03 10:59 AM
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3. They brought the 2nd(3rd?) ID back.

One guy on C-Span Military Families said his son (over there) told him the whole unit was militarily, physically, and mentally unfit for duty, so that's why they were brought back...and this was just after the aircraft carrier stunt.

Call C-Span and tell them to re-air and archive the press conference!!

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samsingh

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Wed Aug-13-03 11:26 AM
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4. hardly. when they say one year

they really mean longterm.

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havocmom

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Wed Aug-13-03 11:34 AM
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5. most will stay deployed til after Nov 04

There will not be many home to give witness to what is really happening before the election. Mark my words.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Wed Aug-13-03 11:36 AM
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6. No, I am not at all surprised that they will stay for a year.

I believed that all hell would break loose there after we had "liberated" the country.

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tom_paine

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Wed Aug-13-03 11:37 AM
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7. No.

Lies are the coin of the realm in Bushevik-Occupied Amerika.

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rocktivity

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:14 PM
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8. Hardly

The longer this lasts, the more BushCo can cash in.

"We're going to end up with a war that has Viet Nam's fingerprints all over it."
--Rocknation, mid-September 2001

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dbt

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:23 PM
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9. Saw this business on the Alleged News last night

Talk about your Viet Nam Era (Error) flashbacks! Hell, we've already got the regime lying about death tolls and casualty figures. We shouldn't be too surprised that the Cakewalk has turned into Tours Of Duty, I suppose. After all, that's the way quagmires work.

Next, I guess we'll be hearing about the "Iraqization" of the conflict and Henry Kissinger will be sent to Paris for Piece Talks.

:freak:
dbt

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ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Aug-13-03 02:25 PM
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11. That's exactly the shivering feeling I had...

A horrible flashback.

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catmandu57

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Wed Aug-13-03 12:36 PM
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10. No, not surprised

In fact I'm waiting for the draft call to get louder, it's been whispered by a few. * and co. will hold off for as long as possible, but, they're pissing off the shiites now, and it's only a matter of time.

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