Army chief says US ready to be in Iraq 10 years


	Army chief says US ready to be in Iraq 10 years

disenchantedcitizen

5-26-2009 9:59 PM

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disenchantedcitizen says:

Of course they plan to stay. They never ‘planned’ to leave.

Pull out. Doesn’t sound manly to me. - - George Carlin. Still cracks me up.

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