foreigner Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 Before the invasion in 2003, officers were told that the Army's war aims were to bring stability and democracy to Iraq and to the Middle East as a whole. Those ambitions have been drastically revised. Those priorities now are an orderly withdrawal, with the reputation and capability of the Army "reasonably intact". the White House, under pressure from Republicans facing disaster in the 2008 elections to announce troop reductions. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2876541.ece .. the point. It was never that kind of battle, in which we set out to defeat an enemy." last week it was reported that US intelligence operatives were in the process of pulling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Waaaaaaaaaaay past time!!! Looks like Haliburton has made enough $$$ so they will all go home and work up another "freedom" exercise. >the White House, under pressure from Republicans facing disaster in the 2008 elections to announce troop reductions. Nice priorities...save the Repubs. Errrr, isn't better to save some American lives? better to let Iraq take control of THEIR country? Naaaaaaah, save the Repubs, more important, NOT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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