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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 02:07 PM
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How President Obama can bring home our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Use planes.

Now, was that so hard?
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mr clean Donating Member (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 02:58 PM
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1. That's nice and all, but what then? What will they do when the make it home?
I want them to come home too, again, what will they do?
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 03:00 PM
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2. Huh? So you want to keep these people over there with bullseyes on their backs because
Edited on Wed Nov-25-09 03:00 PM by Guy Whitey Corngood
the have "nothing to do over here"? :wtf:
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mr clean Donating Member (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 06:45 PM
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6. WTF.... Do you think sending 30,000 more troops will do any good?
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 07:26 PM
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10. I think you have both writing and reading comprehension problems.
Edited on Wed Nov-25-09 07:29 PM by Guy Whitey Corngood
'Cause you're not making any damn sense. Let me try this again they need to come home period. What does this whole "this is nice and all but what will they do when they come back" thing mean. It sounds like you want them to stay there. I won't even try to guess how you interpret my reply as wanting to send more cannon fodder over there.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 06:46 PM
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7. First and foremost: Stimulate the economy.
Almost 250,000 troops between the two countries. That's a lot of scratch, spent by Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen here in the US of A. They'll be buying cars, refrigerators, TVs, and all kind of consumer products.

Consider that it costs $390,000 dollars to keep and support ONE us troop in Iraq. That's a lot of savings, considering that we'd not have to do things like spend $400 dollars for a gallon of gas by the time it's shipped to its destination in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Dr Robert Donating Member (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 03:02 PM
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3. your higher cognitive skills are lacking
that makes it hard to take anything you say seriously
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 03:06 PM
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4. How long did it take you to come up with that?
:eyes:
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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 06:30 PM
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5. That's how we answered right-wingers who asked how could we bring our troops home from Vietnam

It was a smart ass answer and yet it was the truth.

Bring them home the same way you sent the soldiers over to Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.,
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 06:56 PM
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8. Unrec for belittling an incredibly difficult decision that you should be HAPPY Obama is taking
so seriously.
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RepublicanElephant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 07:25 PM
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9. getting rid of some the treacherous, bush-left-over generals in the pentagon might help.





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2tr4nqued Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-26-09 12:53 AM
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11. The first step in bringing them home
is to stop sending more of them. Which means we need to overrule Obama. Obama is wrong. The war is not worth fighting. The goals are unrealistic and unachievable. We don't need more people to die in vain and spend billions on nothing. Obama is wrong. We should not send more troops.
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