Originally Posted by
bluesummer
How the hell do they get out without leaving the country in the grips of brutal civil war that they helped bring about, thereby making them look even worse? And soldiers will keep on dying, for nothing. Such a god damn shame.
There was talk of Iraq applying for UN peacekeeping troops when the US/coalition forces pull out.
Good luck getting an american soldier into one of those uniforms, even tho it would probably be the best thing they could politically do.
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
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