US troops will be out of Iraq Dec 31 - Obama's on TV right now.
Riley: No pulse. Anya: Yup. The space lamb got 'im.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2011 8:01:42 am PDT #2622 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sophia Brooks - Oct 21, 2011 8:06:51 am PDT #2623 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
US troops will be out of Iraq Dec 31 - Obama's on TV right now.
Seriously?!?!
JenP - Oct 21, 2011 8:08:16 am PDT #2624 of 30001
I sent an e-mail from a generic e-mail account, very polite, three lines. I am sure it won't get a response, but I had to ask why birth date? At best, maybe it will prompt someone to fix the ad. At worst, wasting time because no one cares.
But now I can let it go and refocus.
JenP - Oct 21, 2011 8:09:25 am PDT #2625 of 30001
US troops will be out of Iraq Dec 31 - Obama's on TV right now.
Wow.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2011 8:09:41 am PDT #2626 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Here it is on CNN: [link]
(By the time I got to a TV to check this out it had been switched back to soaps - this was a blink-and-you-miss-it kind of news special.)
JenP - Oct 21, 2011 8:14:07 am PDT #2627 of 30001
Of the 39,000 troops in Iraq, only about 150, a negligible force, will remain to assist in arms sales.
To assist in arms sales? I don't understand what that means. Not that it's not legit, I just don't know what it means, exactly.
Not the overarching point, I know!
OK, more words from a different article clarify [link]
As a result, the only U.S. military presence that will remain in Iraq after the end of the year will be the roughly 150 troops needed to protect the large U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and its thousands of American diplomats and other personnel, as well as provide training related to new military sales and other tasks.
DebetEsse - Oct 21, 2011 8:25:49 am PDT #2628 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
huh.
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wow.
JenP - Oct 21, 2011 8:33:53 am PDT #2629 of 30001
Oh, wow.
A person posted on my FB feed something snarky about Obama. One of the responders commented, "One more year, that's all I'm sayin,".
Fine, whatever. The next comment:
"I can't believe he's lasted this long."
Um, what? It's a four year term. Are you saying you're surprised he's not been assassinated, impeached, or resigned himself? Really? You can't believe that? I hate people.
Also, as for the OP, "can't shut up" is your takeaway from today? Wow.
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I seem to be cranky and dumbfounded by the world today.
Ginger - Oct 21, 2011 8:38:54 am PDT #2630 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
US troops will be out of Iraq Dec 31
It sounds like he's using the Vietnam strategy: declare victory and leave. I've been yelling that suggestion at the news for several years. We can't unbreak Iraq.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2011 8:43:10 am PDT #2631 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It sounds like he's using the Vietnam strategy: declare victory and leave.
It sounds to me like we're getting kicked out. Which amounts to the same thing.