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• gunwalker Member Posts: 479 Member

  October 2011 #2

  We have maintained a presence there since the first gulf war.

  We do not view the world as it is, but as we perceive it to be.

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• NN Senior Member Posts: 25,067 Senior Member

  October 2011 #3

  The pres is talking out of both sides of his mouth at once, I always believed many troops coming out of Iraq would be re-deployed in theater.
  Besides the expense of bring one group back early and deploying new.

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• Make_My_Day Senior Member Posts: 7,893 Senior Member

  October 2011 #4

  robert38-55 wrote: »

  I didn't think we were going to get Completely out of the middle east.... I guessed the Country of Turkey on another post but now it looks like Kuwait, might be the country of choice:

  Sounds plausible to me. To leave the entire area defenseless in the event of an incursion by Iran into Iraq, would be grotesquely stupid, in my opinion.

  JOE MCCARTHY WAS RIGHT:
  

  THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE NEW COMMUNISTS!

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• Big Chief Senior Member Posts: 32,995 Senior Member

  October 2011 #5

  They got the infrastructure already in place in Kuwait or it wouldn't take much to get the Camps up and running for high populations again, as a few have shut down or downsized since 03. Mostly troops Ripping going in and out of Iraq/Afghanistan stop in Kuwait now.
  
  I can see a couple or more of BCTs (Brigade Combat Teams) and Aviation Brigades for the Army sticking around/rotating in and out of the region. But I don't know what the plan is.
  
  One thing is fer sure, the bloodbath will start all over again, when we leave fer good and the different factions are left to their own devices until one dominates the others. They don't play very nice with each other or share power willingly.
  
  I'm afraid some/all the gains made by our Warfighters and their sacrifices might be in vain if we leave too soon. We have invested a lot of time, money and blood to offer them people a chance at freedom and a better life, but time will tell just how much they will accept.

  It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
  Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
  I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!

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