There was an article in the Economist magazine about this.
Regardless of whether or not Britain pulls out of Iraq, they certainly need to increase their military strength.
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There was an article in the Economist magazine about this.
Regardless of whether or not Britain pulls out of Iraq, they certainly need to increase their military strength.
I support Israel
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A mere 5 words should come from the mouth of POTUS:
"Thank you for the help."
Be well. Do good. Keep in touch.
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Thanks for all the fishA mere 5 words should come from the mouth of POTUS:
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Or,
Thanks for all the Badgers.
This is...disappointing, especially considering our recently military progress in other areas.
CR
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British forces should be withdrawn and withdrawn rapidly.
The complete lack of UK public support demonstrated for the war in Iraq leaves the British armed forces in an untenable position. It is increasingly vital to the British psyche that the USA be the sole power responsible for Iraq -- they want no part of what the consider to be a wasted and/or immoral effort.
Forcing them to continue fighting under these conditions cannot end well -- for us, for the Brits, or for Iraq.
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An unfortunate side-effect being that it gives US government a scapegoat when the surge fails. Nonetheless, that is a worthless factor when compared to the situation for the troops.
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Who needs the Brits anyway? We have Chuck Norris.
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Boy you had me hook line and sinker up until the last sentence. I agree Britian should pull out, so should we as rapidly as possible. However Im confused on the "forcing them" part.Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
As near I can tell the cats been out of the bag on Iraq and the shotty mission for years. Brits seem to be fully aware of this, yet choose to keep supporting a failed policy.
I mean didn labour/Blair and his Iraq policy win again in 2005 with 40%?
Seems the only ones forcing them to do anything is the british public and thier choice of leader and that leaders policy. Again by 2005 the cat was out of the bag on Iraq, Brits own the choice here in 07, there psyche and untenable position are self created at this point.
By all means pull out now ! See spain/italy for tips....
There are few things more annoying than some idiot who has never done anything trying to say definitively how something should be done.
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If only we could vote governments into power on an issue-by-issue basis! Sadly you generally have to accept the least-worst bundle of lies...sorry, manifesto...Boy you had me hook line and sinker up until the last sentence. I agree Britian should pull out, so should we as rapidly as possible. However Im confused on the "forcing them" part.
As near I can tell the cats been out of the bag on Iraq and the shotty mission for years. Brits seem to be fully aware of this, yet choose to keep supporting a failed policy.
I mean didn labour/Blair and his Iraq policy win again in 2005 with 40%?
Seems the only ones forcing them to do anything is the british public and thier choice of leader and that leaders policy. Again by 2005 the cat was out of the bag on Iraq, Brits own the choice here in 07, there psyche and untenable position are self created at this point.
By all means pull out now ! See spain/italy for tips....
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Meanwhile in fractured, wartorn and tribal land sundered by ethnic and religious differences and occupied by forces far to small for the task everything is going wrong. New warlords rise up as old tensions come to the fore while criminal gangs take advantage of the chaos. Not much of a shock really.
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Heh, you should've seen the other guy. Still, Blair lost a lot of votes that time round.Boy you had me hook line and sinker up until the last sentence. I agree Britian should pull out, so should we as rapidly as possible. However Im confused on the "forcing them" part.
As near I can tell the cats been out of the bag on Iraq and the shotty mission for years. Brits seem to be fully aware of this, yet choose to keep supporting a failed policy.
I mean didn labour/Blair and his Iraq policy win again in 2005 with 40%?
Seems the only ones forcing them to do anything is the british public and thier choice of leader and that leaders policy. Again by 2005 the cat was out of the bag on Iraq, Brits own the choice here in 07, there psyche and untenable position are self created at this point.
By all means pull out now ! See spain/italy for tips....
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