how much longer in Iraq

deerhunter1224 · 04-14-2004, 10:19 PM

How much longer do you think we will be in Iraq. I give it 5 years minimum.

Dave590 · 04-14-2004, 10:46 PM

We will never leave...And maybe thats not such a bad thing.

We have had bases and troops in ***an, England, Germany, Spain, Korea, Turkey, Isreal, Cuba and all over the globe for a very long time. Some of those countries we were allies with,,,some of them we defeated in battle.

Our mere presence is often more of a deterent for war than actual combat.

It's called a "show of force"...and it's pretty effective.

Tazman · 04-15-2004, 05:20 AM

Dave you pretty well said what I was going to say, I feel it will be at least 2-3 years before we see any type of serious reduction of force over there. People need to study up on the aftermath of WWII and how long we had a major number of troops in an occupational role and how long there were pockets of resistance and terrorism after the war was "Over".