American Troops Could Be in Iraq Four Years From Now, Franks Tells Congress

AP ^ | Jul 10, 2003 | American Troops Could Be in Iraq Four Years From Now, Franks Tells Congress

[Kaslin]

If I remeber correct Billy Jeff promised the the troops would only be until Christmas in Bosnia, and many Christmases have passed since he made the promise and they are still there

[Kaslin]

remeber =remember. Arrgh I hate it when I click the submit button to soon

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[caltrop]

Didn't Dubya also promise to bring them home from Bosnia? If so, why are they still there?

[Larry Lucido]

Whatever it is, I bet it's less than the time we've been in Korea, Germany, etc.

[Kaslin]

Didn't Dubya also promise to bring them home from Bosnia? If so, why are they still there?

Not that I recall. There is no need to shift the blame to the president when it was Clinton who promised they would be only there for a short while. He is the one who didn't hold his promise

[AAABEST]

Whatever it is, I bet it's less than the time we've been in Korea, Germany, etc.

Thanks, I feel much better now knowing they'll be there tops 50 years.

[Kaslin]

Whatever it is, I bet it's less than the time we've been in Korea, Germany, etc.

Yep 58 years is quite a long time

[caltrop]

LOL Am I to understand you thought it was lousy idea under Clinton but that, because Bush has left them there, it's become a good idea? Dubya's been the Commander in Chief for some time now. Leaving the troops in Bosnia can only mean he's decided he wants them there.

[AntiGuv]

GWB: One of the problems we have in the military is we’re in a lot of places around the world and I mentioned one and that’s the Balkans. I’d very much like to get our troops out of there. I recognize we can’t do it now, nor do I advocate an immediate withdrawal. That would be an abrogation of our agreement with NATO. No one is suggesting that, but I think it ought to be one of our priorities to work with our European friends to convince them to put troops on the ground.

Source: Presidential Debate at Wake Forest University Oct 11, 2000

[DoughtyOne]

That sums it up for me.

[Captain Kirk]

If the current slow post-war guerrilla war continues in Iraq at its current rate, the occupation will be far bloodier than the peacetime occupations of Korea and Germany

[caltrop]

That's for the quote. As you pointed out in the footnote, it was said 2 1/2 years ago. Since then we've committed a large part of our Army to Iraq and have smaller elements operating in Afghanistan. It seems to me we could get somebody in NATO to take over our small portion of the Bosnian mission. I'd think that would be particularly true if our requests for assistance in Iraq were being denied - as I gather they are.

[Prodigal Son]

If the current slow post-war

We haven't made it to "post" war yet.

[Larry Lucido]

Thanks, I feel much better now knowing they'll be there tops 50 years.

I hope it doesn't take 50 years to neutralize the ba'aths and the various foreign troublemakers (Syrians, Arabs, etc.). But if it was worth doing this in the first place, it's worth seeing through. Make it as hard as and painful as possible to ever try to pull off another massive terrorist attack against U.S. citizens.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Look, if troops are needed in Iraq to win the war on terror, then put 'em there. This President will not keep our troops there longer than needed...he isn't TheBentOne.

[AAABEST]

Make it as hard as and painful as possible to ever try to pull off another massive terrorist attack against U.S. citizens.

I didn't know that Iraq had pulled off a massive terrorist attack against the US, I missed that news. Leaving a large contingient in that s**thole is going to be hard and painful for us, and very expensive too. I realize taht we pick our hundreds of billions off trees nowadays, but still.

A speedy victory is the main object in war. If this is long in coming, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. - Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter 2 : Waging War