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Marines will come out of Iraq by spring 2010
Breitbart ^ | 06/11/2009 | Lolita C. Balbor

Posted on 06/11/2009 3:55:30 PM PDT by Paige

All but a few dozen of the 16,000 Marines now in Iraq will be out by next spring, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday, putting a solid end date on a long-anticipated exit. Gen. James T. Conway said his Marine commanders are already moving equipment out of Anbar Province, where his forces have largely been concentrated. But the larger exodus will begin shortly after the Iraqi elections....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2010; democrats; iraq; marines; military; obama; oif; politics; republicans; terrorism; timetable; troopwithdrawal

1 posted on 06/11/2009 3:55:30 PM PDT by Paige
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To: Paige

This is good. I don’t want our men in harm’s way under this POS administration.

Life is tough enough for these guys, without forcing them to read Miranda rights to people who want nothing more than to see them dead.

“You have the right to remain silent!” CAN YOU FRIKKING BELIEVE THIS?


2 posted on 06/11/2009 3:58:31 PM PDT by rlmorel ("The Road to Serfdom" by F.A.Hayek - Read it...today.)
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To: Paige

That’s good news Paige,
It means they are not needed there at this time.
Send them where more needed and or give them time here at home
with family and friends.
And GOD bless each and every one of them.


3 posted on 06/11/2009 3:59:23 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: rlmorel

Oh, I agree. Our military are fighting a war, not handling street gangs in South LA.


4 posted on 06/11/2009 3:59:58 PM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Paige

As someone who was among the “last” Marines to leave Iraq in 2003, I somehow doubt the Marines will be leaving for good this time. When they realized what a disaster it was the first time, they sent us back in. It’ll more than likely happen again.


5 posted on 06/11/2009 4:00:20 PM PDT by Echo4C
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To: Paige

are - is*****


6 posted on 06/11/2009 4:00:39 PM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Paige

The terrorists are pleased.

When will we have to go in and clean up the mess Hussein will make of Iraq?


7 posted on 06/11/2009 4:41:33 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm SO glad I no longer belong to the party of Dependence on Government!)
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