Comments on: Last US Troops: Wheels Up in Iraq https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510494 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:30:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510494 Joe, it is interesting that you say that.

]]> By: Joe commenter https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510493 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:28:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510493 interesting comment by a commenter

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510492 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:22:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510492 Mike, I’ve been thinking the same exact thing myself.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510491 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:09:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510491 I would just like to know how many Blackwater/XE/whatever-they-call-themselves-this-week remain. How many contract-laborers/slaves from India and Jordan are there whose passports have been confiscated? How long until the Iraqis elect a Taliban-like government?

We took a country that was fucked by Saddam and left it even worse off.

]]> By: _Arthur https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510490 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:09:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510490 Oops, it didn’t last even a week:

Iraq issues arrest warrant for Sunni VP

“We are urging all sides to work to resolve differences peacefully and through dialogue in a manner consistent with the rule of law and the democratic political process.” — Jay Carney, White House spokesman

]]> By: _Arthur https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510489 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:45:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/18/last-us-troops-wheels-up-in-ir/#comment-510489 They leave behind them a Beacon of Democracy in the Middle East…

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