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Originally Posted by chosenbyone
The tragic consequences of our troops having to be involved in "nation building" (while our nation slips farther and farther into financial ruin) was that our attention and money has been shifted from capturing Osama Bin Laden (remember him) and the continued struggle in Afghanistan.
We have been losing ground and troops in Afghanistan because our resources have been primarily going toward Iraq where the majority of the public wants us to leave.
This "nation building" farce has cost our country around 10 billion dollars a month, which we have been primarily borrowing from China to fund. How much longer can our nation sustain this type of spending before collapse?
General Casey stated this week that the army needed at least five years to recover from the war in Iraq, which has lasted longer than both World Wars! But, we have McCain, Lieberman and Bush wanting to go to war with Iran with our troops stretched thin and not prepared! They estimate that Iran, if they had the materials (which they don't) to develop nuclear weapons, was at least five to six years away from having the capacity to develop a nuclear bomb! Yet, those who love war have been building a case of fear in order to justify more killing of innocent women and children.
Amazing!
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That is fine if that is the stated reason. Another farce is that we are in the same illegal war that Bush got us in....that is not what is happening.
Bush did not go into Iraq alone. He was backed by many Democrats and Republicans too. Not only that the Democrats that were on the same house committee that saw the same information Bush did and Colin Powell.
I would that we never had gone into Iraq. It was a financial and stratetic blunder IMO
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