America to pull out of Iraq...

davyjose

and come on its t!ts....

No really, the war is over (Unless of course you happen to be from Iraq).


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10839342

MagicMarker

I can see this thread going well.

orourkeda

What about Afghanistan. ANother 30000 troops. Who says the war is over.

Kasabian

Did they run out of oil?

Donkey Oaty

orourkeda wrote: »

What about Afghanistan. ANother 30000 troops. Who says the war is over.

Here's what he says:

"We face huge challenges in Afghanistan," said Mr Obama. "But it's important that the American people know that we are making progress and we're focused on goals that are clear and achievable."
But some are saying Obama's plan to begin withdrawing troops in Afghanistan as early as next July could encourage the Taliban and other extremist groups.

genericguy

but they haven't found the weapons of mass destruction yet!

"We face huge challenges in Afghanistan," said Mr Obama. "But it's important that the American people know that we are making progress and we're focused on goals that are clear and achievable."

why the american people give a fcuk is beyond me - i guarantee none of them know what the actual goal is in afghanistan.

orourkeda

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Here's what he says:

What about:

While the US has been scaling down its troop presence in Iraq it has been stepping up its military commitment to Afghanistan, with the president ordering a surge of 30,000 additional soldiers there

hitbit

Vietnam all over again. Start a war to satisfy the greed of the big industrialist weapons manufacturers. Send other peoples children to kill the children of other people. Make zillions of dollars for the click then withdraw leaving civil war whch continues for generations.

hitbit

Donkey Oaty

orourkeda wrote: »

What about:

What about them? They're there until the withdrawal, which should start next year.

questionmark?

So there getting ready for extracting oil getting rid of the bold boys in Iran and mining minerals in North Korea.












* Feck it DURKA DURKA MOHAMMAD JIHAD

orourkeda

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

What about them? They're there until the withdrawal, which should start next year.

Theres 30000 more of them.

Thats what about them

My name is URL

Out of the frying pan & into the fire

orourkeda

token56

They really should pull out. To be fair they've been pounding them good and solid for a few years now, can imagine it would have started hurting a long time ago.

Donkey Oaty

orourkeda wrote: »

Theres 30000 more of them.

Thats what about them

In Afghanistan. Do you welcome the plans for withdrawal from Iraq, or does it really not make any difference to you as long as Afghanistan is still on the go?

mojesius

This is the equivalent of sh1tting all over your neighbour's garden and moving away when the smell becomes unbearable.

orourkeda

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

In Afghanistan. Do you welcome the plans for withdrawal from Iraq, or does it really not make any difference to you as long as Afghanistan is still on the go?

I find it difficult to praise the withdrawal of troops from a war which should never have taken place and was supported by a sizable cross section of the american people.

Sea Sharp

About time too.
Now for Iran...

Black Swan

WITHDRAWAL? That's hard for many Americans.

brummytom

7 Years too late

Mrmoe

IT's not really pulling out if you leave half of it inside, I think they will have around 50,000 troops present classified as non combattants

Chorcai

Anyone else snigger when they heard this ? I guess they learn nothing.

Run_to_da_hills

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

About time too.
Now for Iran...

Preparing for World War III, Targeting Iran.

Sea Sharp

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Preparing for World War III, Targeting Iran.

Just around the corner for the last 5 years. :pac:
They wouldn't dare start WW3 as long as the interdependent global economy is somewhat in tact.

MrSir

I think they've killed enough civilians to install their democracy anyway.

orourkeda

" Operation Iraqi Freedom "

The sickest of sick jokes.

amacachi

They're pulling out but leaving 50k troops there, and as someone on Newsnight said earlier the war is well along the process of being privatised, with plenty of paramilitaries staying on too.

IM0

Been Laden has moved then :eek:

Terry

orourkeda wrote: »

" Operation Iraqi Freedom "

The sickest of sick jokes.

Yeah. They should have stuck with the original name. "Operation Iraqi Liberation". It was funnier on so many levels.

They need the troops to liberate North Korea and Iran.
God bless America.

IM0

Terry wrote: »

God bless Americans.

fyp.

johndoe99

there pulling out of Iraq so they can attack Korea

krudler

heh, "pull out"

Mark200

amacachi wrote: »

They're pulling out but leaving 50k troops there

The combat mission in Iraq will finish on the 31st of August. In other words, the war will be over. The 50k will remain in order to train the Iraqi police force to ensure the country doesn't plunge into a vacuum of power.

When Obama announced his plans for Iraq well over a year ago, this is exactly what he said would happen... that the war will end on the 31st of August, with a force of 50k staying behind to train the Iraqis. The 50k troops also have a deadline, too.

Here's an article from February 2009:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/obamas-iraq-deadline-20090228-8krf.html

"Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010 our combat mission in Iraq will end," Obama said, laying out a new war strategy at a Marines base in North Carolina.

"I intend to remove all US troops from Iraq by the end of 2011," Obama said, adding the post-2010 interim force would number between 35,000 and 50,000 troops.

As for more troops being sent into Afghanistan... well, that's exactly what he said he'd do during his Presidential campaign. The troops in Afghanistan also have a deadline. They will begin to withdraw in July 2011.

The withdrawal in Iraq is not a knee-jerk reaction that was decided yesterday by the American Government. It is a campaign promise that Obama announced the details to 17 months ago (four weeks after becoming president), and it's only hitting the news again now because he gave a speech yesterday stating that the plan is on target.

Brendog

"America to pull out of Iraq"






and push into Igina

speedboatchase

The exact same people that are clamouring for America to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan asap are the same people who will go nuts when all the people that joined the police forces and worked together in the new government are targeted once the Americans pull out. Afghanistan is far too precarious for the US to let fall fully back into the Taliban's hands but if it did, the same people decrying the occupation will decry when innocent people are killed after the US - and blame them for both.

I don't support the Iraq War (I support the Afghanistan one though) but I don't think the country is in the position to fully pull out of either. And I find it strange that people joke about 'Iran/North Korea next...' - would you not support a unilateral, NATO approved regime change in some of these places? Or should we just let them to their devices, like we did with Rwanda?

KTRIC

They haven't quite got the hang of Coitus interruptus have they ??

Rumours are that they blew their load quite early

Lando Griffin

So the Iraquies have won the war.

Norwayviking

davyjose wrote: »

and come on its t!ts....

No really, the war is over (Unless of course you happen to be from Iraq).


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10839342

Just another Vietnam i guess

bonerm

johndoe99 wrote: »

there pulling out of Iraq so they can attack Korea

Why would you want to attack the current US "Bogeyman"? DPRK are serving their purpose for the US perfectly as is.

Norwayviking

johndoe99 wrote: »

there pulling out of Iraq so they can attack Korea

No they are pulling out because they need some help cleaning the beaches after the oilspill in the gulf of mexico.

the_syco

Mark200 wrote: »

The 50k will remain in order to train the Iraqi police force to ensure the country doesn't plunge into a vacuum of power.

If wikileaks is anything to go by, when the US leaves, they'll be swimming up sh|t creek killing each other with the paddles.

Mark200

the_syco wrote: »

If wikileaks is anything to go by, when the US leaves, they'll be swimming up sh|t creek killing each other with the paddles.

Wikileaks didn't publish anything that wasn't already known by the public.

Also, what they released was related to the Afghan war, not the Iraq war. My statement that you were replying to was clearly about the Iraq war.

the_syco

Mark200 wrote: »

Wikileaks didn't publish anything that wasn't already known by the public.

Also, what they released was related to the Afghan war, not the Iraq war. My statement that you were replying to was clearly about the Iraq war.

Hrm, I see what you mean. I suppose I meant that in Afgan, for the past while, they are doing a good job, but the police are not liked. In Iraq, The Shi'ites are being trained to be Police and Military, and the Sunni have been trained as Police and Military. Once the US go, I can't see anything holding the Shi'ites back from dealing out whoop-ass, and the Sunni's from dealing serious whoop-ass, now that the US might has gone. I'll re-read this tomorrow to make sense of what I'm trying to say, as the mind is tired atm.