U.S. Marines Return to Ships Off Liberia (Yeah!)

AP ^ | Sun, Aug 24, 2003 | EDWARD HARRIS

[Pubbie]

May we never again return to Liberia

[cyborg]

and Iraq
and Vietnam
and Grenada

[Pubbie]

"and Iraq"

No way should we leave Iraq - it's important to stay there so Iran, and to a lesser extent Syria, are surrounded by US Allies.

[kellynla]

Thanks for the info. I really didn't like this mission. Too many similarities to Beirut & Somalia. Semper Fi

[aynrandfreak]

Did they leave right before or right after the 1000 Liberians were killed today?

[Pubbie]

I have no idea...

[TomGuy]

FoxNews was reporting a few moments ago that 1,000 Liberians have been killed just today.

That is a bad situation. I hope the US proceeds with extreme caution. We don't need another Somalia disaster.

[EGPWS]

and Iraq

and Vietnam

and Grenada

Boy, you like your apples AND oranges don't you.

[Cold Heat]

"They're forsaking us,

Did what we came to do.

Not staying for the shakedown. They will do that to us in Congress. Our presence is not needed for that.

The end of the cold war meant loss of leverage for these third and in this case, fourth world countries. Now they have only the U.N. and NGO's that will visit them.

Times change.

[Mears]

14 years of conflict? We should stay out of it. Let Kofi Annan solve the problem,it's his continent.

We have enough on our plate right now and you can be sure if one US Marine injured one civilian the outcry would be heard all over the world even though they have been killing themselves for years.

[Pubbie]

They're going to kill eachother no matter what we do - the important thing is that no US soldiers were killed during this (Mercifully) short excursion.

[Jorge]

Did they leave right before or right after the 1000 Liberians were killed today?

Will their departure be blamed for the 1000 Liberian massacre?
Either way it doesn't look good.

[Pubbie]

I don't like ANY missions in Africa, because Africa actually is even WORSE than the middle east is!

[thoughtomator]

We're in Iraq for a good half-century to come. Get used to it.

[meema]

Thank Heavens. Now let the french & germans take care of iraq.

[Salem]

".... "Their presence here puts fear in our fighters — it makes them think if they carry on hostilities, they'll be handled by the Americans.""

How about they get "handled" by the other Liberians?

[Sacajaweau]

Tell the UN to get their butt in gear. There is no excuse fro their delay.

[McGavin999]

We need to send some pretty noisy flights over Liberia from time to time. Just to let the locals know that we're still out there, and watching.

[Cold Heat]

Looks like the news of the fighting in the country came after the withdrawl. It was in some village, not in Monrovia. It has not been confirmed either, according to Roto Rooter.

[Cold Heat]

Tell the UN to get their butt in gear

LOL! That is kinda funny in a sarcastic sort of way.