Iraq War officially over

[Booya]

Just saw this, hadn't seen a thread yet.

World News - 'A new chapter': US officially ends Iraq war

I like this best, "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani were invited to the ceremony but did not attend.".

 

[pirate]

I didn't know it was still going on. Thought it ended a couple years ago.

 

[Booya]

I didn't know it was still going on. Thought it ended a couple years ago.

Tell that to the families of the guys that have died over the past few years or to the young children of the 4000 guys still there now....

I guess your post officially makes it the forgotten war.

 

[Cemetery-man]

I like this best, "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani were invited to the ceremony but did not attend.".

Maybe the US should go in and take them out!

 

[dom1104]

I didn't know it was still going on. Thought it ended a couple years ago.

You have got to be kidding me.

Thats a joke right?


This country has no hope.

 

[brian_a_mcmillen]

Over....

Only time will tell, but I wouldn't bet that Iraq can handle themselves yet.

 

[dross]

You guys must not be paying attention. It ended when Obama got elected. Also, Guantanamo is closed.

 

[Booya]

Maybe the US should go in and take them out!

No need, I'm sure their own countrymen will soon enough.

Only time will tell, but I wouldn't bet that Iraq can handle themselves yet.

I'd go one step further and say, very soon time will show us that Iraq cannot handle themselves.

 

[Booya]

You guys must not be paying attention. It ended when Obama got elected. Also, Guantanamo is closed.

Kudos, was this post 7000?!

 

[mrjarrell]

9 years, thousands of lives and a trillion dollars too late. It wasn't worth it.

 

[level.eleven]

9 years, thousands of lives and a trillion dollars too late. It wasn't worth it.

Don't forget we are leaving behind the largest and most expensive embassy in the world. Oh, and 17K+ private security "contractors". What is the ratio? A contractor costs the taxpayer 3 times as much as a soldier. I think that is correct.

 

[IndyGunworks]

I didn't know it was still going on. Thought it ended a couple years ago.

I sincerely hope this was supposed to be purple. ill give you the benefit of the doubt on that one, but if you meant it intentionally, I have some rather nasty words to send your way. I have several close friends that never made it back from there w/in the last "couple of years"

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Iran will co-opt the place in a matter of weeks, if not sooner. You can argue if it was worth it all day. This will define it as not worth it for sure. Leaving now was another critical foreign policy error.

 

[Booya]

Iran will co-opt the place in a matter of weeks, if not sooner. You can argue if it was worth it all day. This will define it as not worth it for sure. Leaving now was another critical foreign policy error.

Agree across the board.

 

[printcraft]

I didn't know it was still going on. Thought it ended a couple years ago.

I sincerely hope this was supposed to be purple. ill give you the benefit of the doubt on that one, but if you meant it intentionally, I have some rather nasty words to send your way. I have several close friends that never made it back from there w/in the last "couple of years"

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he meant that it gets no mention
in the press anymore and the sacrifices are being glossed over daily.
When is the last time you heard anything about Iraq in the mainstream press and the service members that are still there hanging their asses out on the line every day?

While Bush was in charge it lead the news nightly.
Do you all remember the keith olberman nightly death countdown?
When the bamster took over it was buried so as to not hamper him politically.
I have NO DOUBT that if someone could use Iraq to make a political gain
the death of soldiers would be leading nightly.. (again)
It's f'n sick.

 

[rambone]

Eight Years Ago, Bush Declared 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq

May 1st, 2003

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

I have NO DOUBT that if someone could use Iraq to make a political gain
the death of soldiers would be leading nightly.. (again)
It's f'n sick.

Agreed 100%!!
You can bet your last buck that Chairman Obama will be telling us all about how he ended this war and kept his campaign promise.

 

[tlkidd]

And now the real blood bath will begin.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Eight Years Ago, Bush Declared 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq

May 1st, 2003

For real dude? You're better than that.

I'll give you a chance to re-cant with the truth before I post it.

 

[1911 DeadHead]

It's ashame the lives that were lost over there. Thats all I can really say. Worthless.