70 years after WWII..140,000 troops in Europe/Asia.. Iraq -0 troops

[healthmyths]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the
Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis.
But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops!

So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

 

[healthmyths]

In the meantime Obama has time to destroy IRS hard drives! Go figure.

 

[bodecea]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the
Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis.
But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops!

So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

I'm not understanding why you think that is a problem.

 

[paulitician]

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all Nations. Entangling alliances with none." - Thomas Jefferson

I think we should bring em all home. No entangling alliances. Time to come home.

 

[Moonglow]

In the meantime Obama has time to destroy IRS hard drives! Go figure.

Yeah, he used the toilet to flush the drives....

 

[paulitician]

Disband NATO and bring our money & soldiers home. The World will survive. And so will we.

 

[bendog]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the
Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis.
But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops!

So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

Well, maybe that's because Germany twice threatened our vital national interests and Iraq never did. Ask a stupid question, healthmyths, expect such an answer.

 

[healthmyths]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the
Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis.
But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops!

So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

I'm not understanding why you think that is a problem.

After WWII there were "terrorists" known as Werewolves..

"Operations were to begin three or four weeks after being overrun by US troops. The plan was for each unit to receive designated targets from the headquarters. Bands of from 10 to 20 men were then to be sent out to destroy the target and to return immediately to their unit. No targets were to be located nearer than fifteen kilometers to the unit. Secrecy and camouflage were relied upon for security and all personnel had strict orders to conceal themselves if US troops came into their area and under no circumstances to open fire in the bivouac area.
Werwolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So why didn't we keep as the US military that KNEW better then Obama 10 to 15,000 troops in Iraq?
Because Obama wanted "political" points! Damn the safety of Iraqis, safety of Israel.. eventually safety of the USA.
All for political agenda... Obama pulled us out of Iraq!
NOW look at the mess!

 

[BlindBoo]

The Obama Administration ran into the same road block from the Iraqi government as the Bush Administration did. They would not grant our soldiers immunity to Iraqi law. Would you put our soldiers in that position?

Dick Cheney couldn't get an agreement either.

 

[healthmyths]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the
Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis.
But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops!

So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

Well, maybe that's because Germany twice threatened our vital national interests and Iraq never did. Ask a stupid question, healthmyths, expect such an answer.

Maybe you should have told everyone before 1991 Desert Storm... including the below Democrats that obviously DIDN"T have the information sources YOU had!
And maybe you should have told Saddam's son-in-law what YOU knew , who described in this PBS special describes,

"He [Saddam] got preempted though, by his son-in-law, Hussein Kamel, the number-two man in Iraq, [who] chose to defect basically as a result of a whole series of bizarre circumstances. Hussein Kamel's defection threw a monkey wrench into Saddam's plans because Hussein Kamel knew everything about the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs.
He had been the man responsible for building them. He was also part of the highest-level committee that Saddam had, that was responsible for hiding the weapons on mass destruction.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/front.../frontline/shows/iraq/interviews/pollack.html

So of course YOU knew so much more then the guy was 2nd in command for Saddam's WMDs and the below right??
Why aren't you president???

"..deny Iraq the capacity to develop WMD".Bill Clinton,1998
"..most brutal dictators of Century", Biden,1998
"Iraq compliance with Resolution 687 becomes shell game"..Daschle 1998
"He will use those WMDs again,as he has ten times since 1983" ..Berger Clinton Ntl. Secur. Advr 1998
"posed by Iraq's refusal to end its WMD programs" Levin 1998
"Saddam has been engaged in development of WMDs which is a threat.."Pelosi 1998 WHERE'D SHE GET THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BUSH?
"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building WMDS.."Albright 1999
"Saddam to refine delivery systems, that will threaten the US..."Graham 2001
"Saddam has ignored the mandate of the UN and is building WMDs and the means to deliver.." Levin 2002
"Iraq's search for WMDs ...will continue as long as Saddam's in power"..Gore 2002
"Saddam retains stockpiles of WMDS.."Byrd 2002
"..give President authority to use force..to disarm Saddam because an arsenal of WMDs..threat our security"..Kerry 2002
"..Unmistakable evidence Saddam developing nuclear weapons next 5 years.."Rockefeller 2002
"Violated over 11 years every UN resolution demanding disarming WMDs.."Waxman 2002
"He's given aid,comfort & sanctuary to al Qaeda members..and keep developing WMDs"..Hillary 2002
"Compelling evidence Saddam has WMDs production storage capacity.." Graham 2002
"Without a question, we need to disarm Saddam. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime .... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction .... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ...."Kerry , Jan. 23. 2003.


PLEASE REFUTE THESE STATEMENTS MOST made BEFORE Bush and definitely before 9/11!!!

 

[LoneLaugher]

Are there any countries in Europe and Asia with no US military presence?

Are there any countries in the Midle East with a US military presence?

 

[healthmyths]

Are there any countries in Europe and Asia with no US military presence?

Are there any countries in the Midle East with a US military presence?

A) please you had only 13 words to spell correctly and even then ignored the red dotted underline on "Midle"??
B) Why ask such a dumb question when all you need do is google: "countries with US military"

and you'll see "the military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, [including Africa and the Middle East] with approximately 160,000 of its active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories and an additional 117,000 deployed in various contingency operations."

United States military deployments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm sorry but I just question people commenting without doing just the minimum of scholarship!

 

[RDD_1210]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the
Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis.
But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops!

So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

I'm not understanding why you think that is a problem.

Because OBAMA.

 

[RDD_1210]

Thank you OP for pointing out the ridiculous fact that we still have troops all over the world that should be brought home.

 

[Siete]

Are there any countries in Europe and Asia with no US military presence?

Are there any countries in the Midle East with a US military presence?

actually there's over 300,000 troops stationed in Europe and Asia

aka Military Bases ..

 

[paulitician]

No more Empire-Building. We're bankrupt and far less safe now. Disband NATO and bring our money & soldiers home. And definitely scale back our presence in the Middle East. We should start listening to what one of our most brilliant Founding Fathers said...

"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." - Thomas Jefferson

 

[JakeStarkey]

When the people that knew far better then a C-I-C that had NO military experience told him they should get the Status of Forces agreement and 15,000 US troops still in Iraq would have NOT had this crisis. But Obama knew better. Pulled out those troops! So why do we have those 140,000 troops in Europe/Asia after 70 years?

If the USA had signed the SOFA on the table, our troops would have been subject to Iraqi shari'a courts.

I always knew you were a Muslim, healthmyths.

 

[indiajo]

Are there any countries in Europe and Asia with no US military presence?

Are there any countries in the Midle East with a US military presence?

actually there's over 300,000 troops stationed in Europe and Asia

aka Military Bases ..

And the US want a few more in the Ukraina. That's why people are dying there.

 

[paulitician]

Are there any countries in Europe and Asia with no US military presence?

Are there any countries in the Midle East with a US military presence?

actually there's over 300,000 troops stationed in Europe and Asia

aka Military Bases ..

And the US want a few more in the Ukraina. That's why people are dying there.

Well that, and so ruling-elite bastards like VP Biden and his little brat son can get richer.

 

[1776]

Back in the 1940s they understood in order to maintain the peace and help Germany and Japan nevermind their neighbors to rebuild, the US had to keep troops there.

Today we have idiots in charge that don't care about finishing the job and keeping the peace, winning elections is more important. Just look at their idiot supporters on this board....