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Originally Posted by space
I seem to recall another police action where US troops were in-country strictly under an advisory position. advising with guns.
really, is anyone fooled by this???
maybe yr right though, suchfriends; maybe I'm just a cynical cunt and should take joy where possible. then again, maybe I'm cynical because war machines rarely ever shut-down.
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its not that we are fooled.. of course the war is not by anymeans over, and of course this is all just jerry-rigging for politics and media coverage BUT regardless of all the baggage, 70,000 military forces will NOT be in Iraq, and at the least, we are changing our collective tone as a society, now we can begin to talk about ending and winding down, rather then escalating and hopeless, never-ending war.
The US fought war in Vietnam and Cambodia for a decade before they openly declared war, and for 3 years after their initial combat troop withdrawl BUT.. lets still remember to count our blessings and our victories for peace where ever we can find them.
That 70,000 troops are leaving is a sign that 70,000 more aren't coming in, and that the remaining 50,000 will have to re-evaluate the situation entirely.. fuck the war, and every SINGLE soldier that leaves Iraq rather than stays is the true hero as he extricates himself from the opportunity to have to kill and destroy another day..
I am just so ridiculously excited today, now if only we could figure out the same idea in Afghanistan...