It's been 2 and 1/4 years. The leftist hyperbole nativetxn is spouting is right out of DU.
FOR DECADES! That is hilarious.
Well, I can assure you am a real REPUBLICAN! However, what I am speaking of did not come from me but the soldiers just like I said. There was an article in the Austin Statesman and the officers looking for civilian jobs are the ones saying decades. I have many, many Army friends and I haven't heard anyone of them say they believe we will be out of there soon but they believe 10 years or more. They have been there. They are certainly more qualified than those of us here that only know what we think should happen or hope will happen. Believe me your chances of returning the second time alive go down every time you go. I don't think any of this speaks bad of our troops except that they are real people with real lives and do not want to go for 14 months minimum and come back and return again and again.