What Is So Magical About Staying In Iraq for Ten Years?

[Dayton3]

People who opposed the U.S. keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely like to taunt the other side with "How long should we have stayed there? We stayed TEN YEARS'

What is the big deal about 10 years?

We have kept more than 30,000 U.S. soldiers in South Korea for SIXTY ONE years (and counting). And those years have been far, far from easy going. For the first 35 years after the armistice, South Korea was racked by coups, coup attempts, military governance, and brutal oppression.

Hundreds of American soldiers were killed in North Korean raids (especially in the 60s).

You keep soldiers in an area for as along as you have interests to protect. The U.S. clearly has interests in that region of the world (Middle East).

 

[BlindBoo]

People who opposed the U.S. keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely like to taunt the other side with "How long should we have stayed there? We stayed TEN YEARS'

What is the big deal about 10 years?

We have kept more than 30,000 U.S. soldiers in South Korea for SIXTY ONE years (and counting). And those years have been far, far from easy going. For the first 35 years after the armistice, South Korea was racked by coups, coup attempts, military governance, and brutal oppression.

Hundreds of American soldiers were killed in North Korean raids (especially in the 60s).

You keep soldiers in an area for as along as you have interests to protect. The U.S. clearly has interests in that region of the world (Middle East).

People who opposed the U.S. keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely who really mattered were the Iraqis. They told President Bush to get all US troops out. Then they told President Obama, yes we meant what we said to President Bush.

 

[nodoginnafight]

I'm aware of 46 Americans killed in South Korea during the decade of the 60s.

Can you link more?

 

[Siete]

People who opposed the U.S. keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely like to taunt the other side with "How long should we have stayed there? We stayed TEN YEARS'

What is the big deal about 10 years?

We have kept more than 30,000 U.S. soldiers in South Korea for SIXTY ONE years (and counting). And those years have been far, far from easy going. For the first 35 years after the armistice, South Korea was racked by coups, coup attempts, military governance, and brutal oppression.

Hundreds of American soldiers were killed in North Korean raids (especially in the 60s).

You keep soldiers in an area for as along as you have interests to protect. The U.S. clearly has interests in that region of the world (Middle East).

S Korea doesn't take offense of us being there and doesn't try to kill us on a daily basis... just for starters ......

 

[candycorn]

People who opposed the U.S. keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely like to taunt the other side with "How long should we have stayed there? We stayed TEN YEARS'

What is the big deal about 10 years?

We have kept more than 30,000 U.S. soldiers in South Korea for SIXTY ONE years (and counting). And those years have been far, far from easy going. For the first 35 years after the armistice, South Korea was racked by coups, coup attempts, military governance, and brutal oppression.

Hundreds of American soldiers were killed in North Korean raids (especially in the 60s).

You keep soldiers in an area for as along as you have interests to protect. The U.S. clearly has interests in that region of the world (Middle East).

Feel free to move there and patrol the frontier.