american troops leave iraq ,

rowlo



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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:13

after 11yrs ,usa withdraws its troops from iraq , any thoughts on who they plan to visit next ?

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:16

Rowlo,



Iran and Syria.

Tickets are already bought.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:32

Have a look at this link Rowlo. At least they'll save some money!



http://costofwar.com/en/

rowlo



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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:39

thats crazy money bill , i wonder what ours is ? and then the cost of human lives ?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:42

As of June 2010 UK costs exceeded £20bn for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined





http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7841631/Afghanistan-and-Iraq-have-cost-taxpayers-20bn.html

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:44

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'any thoughts on who they plan to visit next ?"



Rowlo I love your little phrases. You do make me laugh



A friend of mine sent me this the other day. I think the guy may not be playing with a full deck but you never know



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvMN74PWXVA&feature=related



It looks to me like the US are gearing up to check the Chinese in the Pacific and South east asia

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:46

Mark, re the last sentence above - I read that somewhere too.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
16/12/2011 23:51

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Bill, it was the article you sent out the other day about the Generals worry about the Eurozone.



It is also the fact that Obama recently visited Australia and signed a deal to station marines in Northern Australia. Taiwain is always a big issue. I think relations have improved between China and Taiwain but China wants it back and America has somewhere along the line agreed to defend her.



Anyway, I cant see Obama going looking for trouble. It's not his style and as you point out, the the US cant afford conflict.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
17/12/2011 00:01

msg6 , thats my point , america needs war , like strawberrys need cream , keeps the unemployment figures down , the troops going back stateside from iraq will be going to ? not china , the yanks will have to nuke them , to many chinese to fight on the ground , remember vietnam ? to risky , my moneys on syria .

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
17/12/2011 00:07

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You are right. Definitely too many Chinese. All the Americans can do is check them and that's what they are doing.

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
17/12/2011 02:20

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2011/12/20111216123649398481.html

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
17/12/2011 02:22

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011129132510922889.html

ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
17/12/2011 10:49

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I just cannot beive the amounts of oil that are being discussed here. It is quite staggering. Surely this is just unsustainable.

Erkin


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Message Posted:
17/12/2011 13:49

The Yanks will never enter Syria, it will be too costly for them and very risky with Iran next door, any intervention is Syria will cause a middle east war and that will drag Israel into it, The US can not afford to bring Tel-Aviv into any conflict, That will give Iran the go ahead for an all out war, and then Turkey will be draged into the conflict as well by Iran, The US and EU are trying to put pressure on Turkey to creat a buffer zone in the northern area of Aleppo as a safe heaven.



and will the US elections only a year away, Obama will be seen as a war mongering person and can easly loose the nect election.