Purple Finger
12.14.05
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqis lined up amid tight security Thursday to vote in a historic parliamentary election the U.S. hopes will lay the groundwork for American troops to withdraw, with a mortar landing near the heavily fortified Green Zone just minutes after polls opened.
No injuries were reported, but the blast underscored concerns of violence despite a promise by Sunni insurgent groups not to attack the polls. Continue Reading »
Yeah dude, that’s awesome. Congrats to the iraqi people:beer::beer::beer::beer:
# December 15th, 2005 at 2:58 pmvery nice. still, this is the beginning, not the end of a successful withdrawal.
# December 15th, 2005 at 3:39 pmQuestion: How long did it take the U.S. to withdraw from Germany after WWII?
Answer: We are still there, numbskulls!
# December 15th, 2005 at 4:11 pmJJ - Is the US still planning to close all military bases in germany in 2007, or is it just some of them?
# December 15th, 2005 at 4:50 pmYes they are… as far as I know. It’s about time, too. Way too much money being spent in Germanslovia. A half century is long enough. Our money is better spent elsewhere.
# December 15th, 2005 at 7:21 pmknowing the germans, they’ll make us regret we left eventually.
# December 15th, 2005 at 7:26 pmjj, same thing with Korea, we’ve been there for 50 years!
# December 15th, 2005 at 7:48 pmHey screw you guys! You’re freakin voting to take away to vacation deployments from us soldiers!! I wanted to go to Germany and Korea wasnt a bad place when you settled into the Soju.
I say we keep the posts, but dont make us do any real work there…we should just be there to have a presence and scare people into respecting our authority
# December 15th, 2005 at 8:15 pmI like Heath’s idea of scaring the foreigners.
# December 15th, 2005 at 9:28 pmI don’t think like a soldier anymore (it’s been 5 years). I think like a tax payer who wants my government to stop wasting so much friggin’ money that isn’t theirs. We could use all that money we waste on Germany to buy more .50 cal rounds to waste terrorist. We could outfit the eighty duece with dem high-tek f-150 assualt vehicles.
# December 15th, 2005 at 9:55 pm