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Originally Posted by highway80west  Sneaking it back to the base, eh? Bad boy!! 
Really, I do wonder if relations between the two countries can be better than before. I know there are memories of that war they had in the 1980's. Not that if it would bring stability to the region and perhaps stifle Al Qaeda. | Now; here is another folly of America's- getting involved in the politics of countries and peoples that we have no clue of how they operate.
Does anybody remember that America supported Saddam Hussein in the Iran/Iraq war? This is why we in America must learn that it is not our place in the world to dictate how other sovereign nations govern themselves! Rather, we just simply need to assess our needs in the area involved; and base our strategic and operational outlook from there.
I actually liked McCain- until he made the foolish remark of America being in Iraq for another 100 years. Does he (with all his experience) not realize that it costs money-lots of it-to deploy American troops overseas? If we take the example that the Democrats Obama and Clinton use that it is costing about 12 million dollars per month to support our troops now there; just how much more money will America pay for something we do not get anything back from? Look at our economy now before you answer that. We weren't even smart enough to get a quid pro quo from the provisional government in Iraq giving us preferential oil prices at least while our forces are there!
How does your financial outlook feel now? |