Mamabudz

Walter Conkrite, talking head emeritus -- when television journalism ment something -- has come out of retirment and made the statment that it is time for the US to Leave Iraq.

killer12382

Is he still alive?

Need to get used to it folks. We're in Iraq till its over with, whenever that is.
Might even be a good staging area for a land offensive against Iran.

TheNewGuy

If we pull out too quickly, it'll just turn into a hell-hole the second some terrorist group doesn't feel opressed by the almighty US anymore. I know the cool thing to do is say "get our troops out now!", but if we did, another dictator will just pop up in Saddam's place and F everything up all over again. Until thier democracy is firmly in place, it'll cause more harm than good to leave.

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S2

So did my neighbor Jerry Wiliamson-- Just as significant, It seems to me

dedbr

and Dubya dancing on his Oval office desk because of it, Iraq just seem's like a perfect staging area for the next invasion. Besides, we do have them surrounded.

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Rick For Joint's Chief!

Deddy

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killer12382

And there is a good possibility that there is WMD's in Iran. Here is the difference....other than Israel, they aren't threatening anyone with them. And Israel is more than capable of defending themselves with their own WMDs.

dedbr

Dey's a good chance there's some in China and Russia and Israel and Britian
and the U.S. and few other places, too. You don't see anyone going to the U.N. whining about that do you?

Good thing nobody polices us. You'd never hear the end of it.

Deddy

killer12382

The rules are this: Some nations can have nukes and some can't.

Mamabudz

Yeah -- but your neighbor didn't effect Public Opinion on VIetnam...did he?

And actually killer ...summed it up...

Evidently Uncle Walter means NUTHIN to kids now adays...nothin...Ed Sullivan neither...

dangnabbit ...why I remember in the old days we had to walk through the snow five miles up hill...both ways... to smoke seedy bad weed and have unprotected sex and play PONG...PONG on tell you!

...you kids have it too easy!

Buzzby

To most people on this forum, the Vietnam War is just an historical event that happened before they were born. Walter Cronkite is about as significant to them as Edward R. Murrow is to those of us a bit older: if they study history he's a "name". If they don't, they've probably never heard of him.

He's 89 years old.

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