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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 08:52 AM Original message |
What *IS* the US military's mission in Iraq? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. It appears as though the mission for the grunts on the ground |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. The mission in Iraq is to achieve whatever goals the neocons had in mind |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Good. As long as it is clearly stated |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. mission? what mission? We don't need a stinkin mission |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. They won't say what it is now, so they can make one up when they |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. Done Already. Saddam Disarmed. Let's Come On Home! |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. And the mission is |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. The "mission" is to "stay the course" until the mission is accomplished. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'd laugh |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Prevent the Euro from taking root there.... preventing the French |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Conservative paradise |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. To ensure the the Iraqis end up with an unemployment rate that |
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evermind (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. To install and protect a US client state, so the oil can be grabbed (nt) |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. And all this |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. just what project for a new american century says |
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spindoctor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. That is always a problem with war. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Nassy nazi-like lizards they are indeed... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. You mean you didn't get the memo? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. a Blood Sacrifice for continued profits for Haliburton...Duh.. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Mission to steal oil and set up permanent bases in Mid-East. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. the mission is to buy bush time until defacto martial law's in place |
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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. If they released that information to the public, |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. ...waiting to be greeted with flowers and cheers? |
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wli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. get oil, stop euros, set up bases, prep launchpad vs. Iran & SCO |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. I thought the mission was to get Bush re-elected |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. to the boots on the ground, stay alive |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. Good point, that is never pursued in media coverage. |
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