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Thread: Is Iraq Another Vietnam? Actually, It May Become Worse

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    Quote Originally Posted by smilingassassin
    It could have been alot better had France, Germany and the UN showed up
    I don't think so. They would have been fighting on Saddam's side.
    "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

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    Quote Originally Posted by smilingassassin
    It could have been alot better had France, Germany and the UN showed up and did the right thing, the UN still won't go to Iraq. Its likely for the better anyway, the corruption in the UN is only just starting to be revealed....
    Why blame UN..thats silly. The Iraqi borders are open gaps from where the terrorists are pouring in. Address that first.

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    I say leave the borders open.

    We can kill them if they come.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M21Sniper
    I say leave the borders open.

    We can kill them if they come.
    Kill them at the entry points. Once they get in, the tactical problems increase for US forces. These guys are most vulnerable during ingress stage.

    Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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    Somehow there is a delusional euphoria over here that the terrorists are not killing our 18 year olds!

    Time to wake up boys! just last month Close to 150 U.S. soldiers died, and another 500 were seriously wounded, from which more than 200 were evacuated out of the war with injuries serious enough to become drop outs!

    They wont stop coming over the borders, and Bush will chicken out, bomb the whole place like they did in Vietnam, and call it a day!

    The U.S. forces will be defeated! Its inevitable! I bet within a year or so, Bush will be forced to withdraw! And no country is ready to deploy its troops in Iraq! Its far too dangerous.

    Good luck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lulldapull
    Somehow there is a delusional euphoria over here that the terrorists are not killing our 18 year olds!
    When are you going to stop using "18 year olds?" It's a red haring. 98.3% of those how have died in Iraq over Eighteen.
    "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

    NEVER FORGET

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    Why the hell am I the only one who thinks we should destroy any city in Iraq that revolts?

    That would be "evil" and "selfish" wouldn't it? How dare we defend ourself! We must throw American lives away so our enemy can live! Afterall Christ tought us, Love your enemies!.
    Last edited by Praxus; 08 Dec 04, at 23:55.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Praxus
    Why the hell am I the only one who thinks we should destroy any city in Iraq that revolts?
    You are not the only one, Newt Gingrich expressed the same idea on one of the sunday morning news shows.

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    Perhaps, but I ment, on this forum

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    Quote Originally Posted by lulldapull
    Somehow there is a delusional euphoria over here that the terrorists are not killing our 18 year olds!
    And someone is delusional, failing to recognize that "our" people were allready dying...
    No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
    I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
    even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
    He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Praxus
    Perhaps, but I ment, on this forum

    I have said that on this forum.
    "If I see further than other men, it is because I stand upon the shoulders of giants."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Praxus
    Why the hell am I the only one who thinks we should destroy any city in Iraq that revolts?
    1) Because we're that good.

    2) Because we're not that bad.

    Translation.

    1) The Marines did a hell of a job killing insurgents.

    2) The Marines don't kill women and children to teach dead insurgents a lesson in killing.
    Last edited by Officer of Engineers; 09 Dec 04, at 14:30.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lemontree
    Why blame UN..thats silly. The Iraqi borders are open gaps from where the terrorists are pouring in. Address that first.
    Its not silly at all, where are they now? They are doing didly squat in Iraq just like the Sudan, while the U.S. prepares to send millions to the Sudan.

    If they are so humanitarian why are they not moving to make Iraq safer?... oh thats right they are letting the U.S. do the lionshare of the dieing and funding.

    Illigal war....ILLIGAL!!!! red card!!! Bad dog!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by smilingassassin
    Illigal war....ILLIGAL!!!! red card!!! Bad dog!!!
    LOL
    "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

    NEVER FORGET

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    Quote Originally Posted by smilingassassin
    Illigal war....ILLIGAL!!!! red card!!! Bad dog!!!
    LOL
    No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
    I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
    even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
    He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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