Upcoming war against Iran and the consequences for Armenia

[bell-the-cat]

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Maybe they are trying to keep silent, but the cat has always been out of the bag (check the table on the right side): http://icasualties.org/Iraq/USCasualtiesByState.aspx

Not entirely open, for example: 468 dead "contractors", most of them American, but no mention of injuries. If the same % of killed to injured is true (5000 killed against 32,000 wounded), that means another 3000 or so casualties amongst the "contractors". There are larger figures given on other sites for US military casualties. And remember these "wounded" are casualties (i.e. wounds bad enough for those affected to be no longer considered to be fit for combat), not simply soldiers with minor injuries.

[bell-the-cat]

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I must have hit a nerve since you replied so quickly. Whatever makes you feel better about your pathetic existence.

I must have hit a nerve since you replied so quickly. But enjoy your runes, whatever makes you happy.

[Armanen]

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I must have hit a nerve since you replied so quickly. But enjoy your runes, whatever makes you happy.

So not only do you live with your mother, but you have the brain development of an 8 year old child as well. Repeating what I said. I suppose you are not nearly as clever as you'd like people to believe.

[Tigranakert]

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Don't you know the military definition of a "casualty"? It includes the dead and those injured to the extent that they can no longer be considered combatants. The US military trys to keep silent about the number of casualties it has suffered - but it is in the tens of thousands, perhaps as high as 100,000.

Don't you know the definition of simple logic? I even looked it up, and quoted the number of deaths the American military has so far. I just didn't use the word "death" because it sounded to harsh. Anyways, to rephrase it for a simple mind as yours, even though you are an old man (who likes to talk about sex online, I have noticed on several posts of yours, pretty pathetic), the number of death related casualties would explode would America stay in Iraq, and not only that, but also hundreds could turned out to be kidnapped and be used as propaganda tools and leverage.

[Tigranakert]

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So not only do you live with your mother, but you have the brain development of an 8 year old child as well. Repeating what I said. I suppose you are not nearly as clever as you'd like people to believe.

This guy just made some pictures ones in his life time, and Armenians praise him for that. In Scotland he isn't worth xxxx, that's probably the reason he maintains some weird connections with Armenians. You can not but feel sorry for this old man.

I mean, can you imagine, at an old age, sitting behind a computer, as an Armenian, visiting for example a Chilean forum, and spending so much time on nonsense (as all the things he discusses and talks about is utter nonsense)?

[bell-the-cat]

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So not only do you live with your mother, but you have the brain development of an 8 year old child as well. Repeating what I said. I suppose you are not nearly as clever as you'd like people to believe.

I did hit a nerve since you replied even quicker this time!
Don't the runes satisfy your humble needs anymore? Why not cast them and see where this thread is going? I don't need runes to know it is going down the plughole if you continue this way with your off-topic trolling and blatant rule breaking.

[Tigranakert]

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I did hit a nerve since you replied even quicker this time!
Don't the runes satisfy your humble needs anymore? Why not cast them and see where this thread is going? I don't need runes to know it is going down the plughole if you continue this way with your off-topic trolling and blatant rule breaking.

Haha, like a small child, "you replied even quicker", oh belly belly catty. You are ssssssssooooh pathetic! And this all coming from an old man, don't you have a bit of self-respect or dignity, you drunken Scott?

[Armanen]

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Haha, like a small child, "you replied even quicker", oh belly belly catty. You are ssssssssooooh pathetic! And this all coming from an old man, don't you have a bit of self-respect or dignity, you drunken Scott?

It's quite sad that he projects his own limitations and dysfunctions on others.

[Eddo211]

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The mission has been accomplished in Iraq, troops will be coming home.......however the US largest state of the art facility and fully self sufficent Military base with its own runways will continue to function under a no fly zone. The place is huge generating its own power and protected by automated defense system, a fortress.

[Mher]

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Clinton to Iran: Don't misread departure from Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran should not misread the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as affecting the U.S. commitment to the fledgling democracy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that all American troops would return from Iraq by the end of the year will close a chapter on U.S.-Iraq relations that began in 2003 with the U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Washington has long worried that meddling by Iran, a Shiite Muslim theocracy, could inflame tensions between Iraq's Shiite-led government and its minority Sunnis, setting off a chain reaction of violence and disputes across the Mideast.

Clinton said in a series of news show interviews that the U.S. would continue its training mission with Iraq and that it would resemble operations in Colombia and elsewhere. While the U.S. will not have combat troops in Iraq, she said the American presence would remain strong because of its bases in the region.

"Iran would be badly miscalculating if they did not look at the entire region and all of our presence in many countries in the region, both in bases, in training, with NATO allies, like Turkey," she told CNN's "State of the Union."

Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" about fears of civil war in Iraq after U.S. troops leave, Clinton said, "Well, let's find out. ... We know that the violence is not going to automatically end."

She added: "No one should miscalculate America's resolve and commitment to helping support the Iraqi democracy. We have paid too high a price to give the Iraqis this chance. And I hope that Iran and no one else miscalculates that."

In an interview released Saturday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran has "a very good relationship" with Iraq's government, and said the relationship will continue to grow.

"We have deepened our ties day by day," Ahmadinejad said in the interview, broadcast Saturday on CNN.

The timeline for U.S. troop withdrawals had been agreed to by President George W. Bush and Iraqi leaders. Obama had campaigned for the presidency with the promise to end America's war in Iraq.

For months the Obama administration negotiated with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi officials to extend the stay of troops and to build permanent bases. Both sides saw advantages to keeping several thousand U.S. troops in Iraq as part of a training mission, but there was also strong opposition in the U.S. and Iraq for the American troops to stay.

A sticking point was the U.S. demand that American troops be granted legal immunity to shield them from Iraqi prosecution, a flashpoint for Iraqi anger over the Americans' special status in their homeland.

In Iraq, cheers and fears greeted Obama's announcement as the country pondered another period of uncertain transition. While many celebrated what they viewed as the end of a foreign occupation, there was also apprehension over what would happen without U.S. troops on hand to help control political and social divisions that still spark shootings and bombings.

Arizona Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the withdrawal decision "a serious mistake" that is viewed in the region as a victory for Iran. He also said the presence of U.S. bases elsewhere in the region will have little impact on Iraq.

"There was never really serious negotiations between the administration and the Iraqis," McCain told "This Week" on ABC. "I believe we could have negotiated an agreement. And I'm very, very concerned about increased Iranian influence in Iraq."

Sen. Lindsey Graham, who also serves on the committee, criticized Obama for "not being able to close the deal" with Iraq, and he said the Iranians remain emboldened with "a shot in Iraq they would never had otherwise." He also expressed concern over Iran's nuclear program.

"The Iranians don't fear us at all," Graham said on "Fox News Sunday." He added: "At a time when we need troops in Iraq to secure the place against intervention by Iran and the bad actors in the region, we are going into 2012 with none. It was his job, the Obama administration's job, to end this well. They failed."

http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-iran-dont-misread-departure-iraq-131547831.html