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Thread #101088   Message #2231480
Posted By: artbrooks
08-Jan-08 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Popular Views on Obama
Subject: RE: BS: Popular Views on Obama
"Get out now" is an appealing statement, but somewhat disingenuous. It took us over two years to disengage and get out of Vietnam, and we only did so by dumping most of the military equipment into the South China Sea (I was there and saw it). Much of what the US military currently has in the way of tactical equipment is in Iraq and will have to be brought home or moved to a nearby, allegedly friendly, nation. One estimate that I've seen said that it would take nearly six months of effectively round-the-clock airlifts to simply bring the troops back. I haven't run the numbers, so I can't say if that's accurate or not.

Bushy got us into this mess, and is leaving it up to his successor to get us out. Nice guy, eh?