Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "Iraqi parliament votes to expel US troops from country" video.

  1. I don't think they asked us to come in the first place. In fact what they want has absolutely no bearing on me whatsoever.
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  2. That's not going to happen. They didn't exactly ask us for our help when we invaded.
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  3. You do realize that the USA does try to participate in international trade, don't you?
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  4.  @blaze-uz6or  The US has a long history of protecting trade across the globe. Because it is good for business. That's why we do it.
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  5. A big part of being a global superpower is projecting power across the globe. But I guess you'd rather China be number one. You better start brushing up on your Mandarin then.
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  6. We are keeping a power vacuum from happening and causing chaos in the region. Or to put it another way it is easier to stay than it is to leave, let evil metastasize, then have to go back and battle it again. Duh!
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  7. The money is spent. We spent it here too.
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  8.  @cat-lw6kq  perhaps if Vietnam has gone better things would have been different? The country learned a lot from that debacle though. Which is why we wrapped up combat in Iraq in 3 days. Count them 3. One, two, three. We learned quite a bit indeed.
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  9.  @blaze-uz6or  occupation is not war. It is occupation. And yeah it is worth it. You do not know the stakes involved. US global dominance is the only thing keeping this planet habitable at this point. You do realize that our species is capable of wiping all life out now, don't you? The existential threat of nuclear annihilation is very real.
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  10. The dollar bills went to US contractors.
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  11. Didn't they get the memo? Our military is not a democracy. So voting does not count!
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  12. Perhaps. But it will not serve us right. And that's a problem.
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  13. Yeah all of the great achievements of Man were heralded by poverty and neglect.
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  14. What for? We have an army to use it. last I checked there's no war going on inside the continental USA.
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  15.  @grandaddyc  $ is damned good reasons.
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  16.  @grandaddyc  surviving is good.
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  17.  @grandaddyc  we exist in a world of rabid dogs. The USA is the top dog too. Now as far as choices go you could do a hell of a lot worse. You get a gulag, and you get a gulag, and you get a gulag! You we break down for body organs though.
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  18. Your money will do you no good where you're headed.
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  19.  @rgracia611  Hell.
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  20. We have no use for troops here, the weapons are spent, and the money's gone. When the best one wins we'll have to go back and fight them.
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  21. How precisely is Iran conquering Iraq a positive for us?
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  22. What a brilliant plan. Then we can invade again and clean up the new mess.
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  23.  @ecfjluv3785  we have every right to tell whoever we want whatever we want. That's what being a global superpower is all about. Because believe you me if someone else had the power they'd be telling us what to do. That's how it works.
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  24.  @1133saginaw  They never stopped. They built an underground facility.
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  25.  @1133saginaw  people on the ground know nothing.
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  26.  Randy Porter  ain't that the truth.
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  27. @Donna Chump - DRAFT DODGER the draft is no way to conscript an army. So don't hate the player. Hate the game. BTW we do not have a draft now. I bet Trump won't institute one either. Being as he's had so many personal problems with it himself. Furthermore he is serving his country now. In a higher capacity than anyone that's ever had to be drafted I may add. So apparently Trump knew it was his lot in life to start at the top!
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  28. No.
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  29. Can you push your car uphill?
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  30. It'd be too late then.
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  31.  @tighttaf267  what help has Iraq given itself? By invading a neighboring country then not adhering to the cease fire? They brought all of this upon themselves.
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  32. We did not invade Iraq just to give it up to our worst enemy now.
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  33. Oh yeah we should have just let one madman conquer the whole region. That'd have been just great.
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  34.  @MuchCow9000  what are you talking about? What superpowers are able to help? The USA is the only superpower on the planet now. We are certainly the only ones capable of performing the task.
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  35.  @MuchCow9000  you really do want the USA to race to the bottom as fast as it can, don't you? We're number one because we deal with problems not sidestep them.
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  36. Why should I care what they want?
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  37. No the morons that are commenting here will be wailing, why'd we ever leave?
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  38. @The Cadaver in this world we need it. Can't trust anyone today. Things are bad and getting worse all the time.
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  39.  The Beyonder  come at us. Then you can find out why the Russians were always so terrified of our anti ballistic missiles.
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  40. That'd be nice. Unfortunately we need the whole world humming along on fossil fuels. We need everyone to be wealthy so we can trade and prosper with all of them. Maybe things are a tad more complicated than you realize?
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  41. I say leave our troops where they do the country some good. What are we going to do with them useful stateside?
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  42. What would a country that doesn't refine metal anymore do with scrap?
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  43.  @michaelmcardle8096  ain't no more steel mills in the USA. Them days are gone. Learn to code! Our equipment isn't made out of steel these days anyways. We can't have every wing nut running around with an RPG capable of taking out our tanks. One of them can cut through 2 feet of armor plate. So we use composites today.
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