US flag ceremony ends Iraq operation

Jimbuna · 12-15-11, 09:12 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105

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The US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, told troops the mission had been worth the cost in blood and dollars.

Not so sure I agree with that statement

Dowly · 12-15-11, 09:18 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=190572

Herr-Berbunch · 12-15-11, 10:07 AM

Also by Jim

I don't think it was worth it. Personally it got me some nice times abroad, but that was before they really started fighting back and we were almost welcomed. I'd swap all that niceness I had to get one missing friend and colleague back.

RIP Baz

August · 12-15-11, 10:16 AM

Yeah it was worth it imo. Saddam left in power was a knife ready to stab us the second our back was turned.

AVGWarhawk · 12-15-11, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Yeah it was worth it imo. Saddam left in power was a knife ready to stab us the second our back was turned.

The country is in disarray and turmoil. We are leaving...for now....

joegrundman · 12-15-11, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Yeah it was worth it imo. Saddam left in power was a knife ready to stab us the second our back was turned.

the augustinian fantasy! i love it

Dowly · 12-15-11, 10:46 AM

Was it worth it really depends on how Iraq comes out of this.

My guess is it'll go downhill very quickly for them.

August · 12-15-11, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

the augustinian fantasy! i love it

Fantasy? I'd say that anyone who thinks otherwise is the one having the fantasy here.

AVGWarhawk · 12-15-11, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Was it worth it really depends on how Iraq comes out of this.

My guess is it'll go downhill very quickly for them.

I will raise you a guess and agree!

Takeda Shingen · 12-15-11, 12:26 PM

So ends a war that should never have been fought, and with more questions and threats than existed for the United States back in 2001.

12-15-11, 12:27 PM

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Saddam left in power was a knife ready to stab us the second our back was turned.

What a pile of crap, how on earth can someone still trot out that rubbish

Betonov · 12-15-11, 01:07 PM

Sadam was more worried the Iranians would stick a scimitar in his back to think stabbing the US in the back

Jimbuna · 12-15-11, 01:20 PM

If sad man was still around today and in power I should imagine he would be experienciong many a sleepless night at the thought of Iran achieving a nuclear capability.

MH · 12-15-11, 01:30 PM

Saddam gone is not a bad thing.
The gamble USA took did not pay off very well because no one expected it will turn so bad.
I still see it as experiment to sell western democracy to ME...may it be for personal gain.
Now Iraq probably will turn to Iranistan.
If USA went straight for Iran back then...thing could be much better for Iraq.

steve_the_slim · 12-15-11, 02:09 PM

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Saddam left in power was a knife ready to stab us the second our back was turned.

What the hell was he supposed to stab us with? Even if he had actually had chemical weapons, he had no way to use them against the US. There might have been a possibility of terrorists getting their hands on some, but then they would have had to smuggle it past Homeland Security, and it wouldn't have been Saddam's fault anyway!

Saddam was a scumbag who deserved what he got, but in the end the war wasn't worth it.

12-15-11, 10:07 AM	#3
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Also by Jim I don't think it was worth it. Personally it got me some nice times abroad, but that was before they really started fighting back and we were almost welcomed. I'd swap all that niceness I had to get one missing friend and colleague back. RIP Baz __________________

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,202 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah it was worth it imo. Saddam left in power was a knife ready to stab us the second our back was turned. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If sad man was still around today and in power I should imagine he would be experienciong many a sleepless night at the thought of Iran achieving a nuclear capability. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=190572

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Was it worth it really depends on how Iraq comes out of this. My guess is it'll go downhill very quickly for them.

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	So ends a war that should never have been fought, and with more questions and threats than existed for the United States back in 2001.

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Sadam was more worried the Iranians would stick a scimitar in his back to think stabbing the US in the back

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MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Saddam gone is not a bad thing. The gamble USA took did not pay off very well because no one expected it will turn so bad. I still see it as experiment to sell western democracy to ME...may it be for personal gain. Now Iraq probably will turn to Iranistan. If USA went straight for Iran back then...thing could be much better for Iraq.