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Originally Posted by Rochard
It was safer for US Marines to be in Iraq than at home.
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tell that to the almost 4,500 members of the U.S. military that died there
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I'm not sure why Iran thinks they can beat anyone in battle. They had a ten year battle with Iraq that was a draw. We had a ten week battle with Iraq that resulted in our complete victory.
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from Reuters, dated 12/18/2011
"The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives, and left a country grappling with political uncertainty."
*not to mention the debt it put on the economy
Could the U.S. go in and take out Iran's leaders and defeat its army in a few weeks as you suggest... yes they most likely could, i agree with you on that... but i think most Americans realize it is never that simple. I also believe it is unfair to characterize what happened in Iraq as something that lasted just 10 weeks, in my opinion that is not being honest about what really took place over there, and it is not fair to the soldiers that fought there for years to do so. It shows a complete lack of respect for the lives that were lost over there during the last decade.