Do Not Turn U.S. Troops into Custer’s Last Stand!
Obama’S Offer to leave Troops in Iraq is a Mistake!
Do Not Leave Only 10,000 Troops in Iraq After 2011
In The Midst of a Nation That MAY Turn Against Them
And Terrorist Groups anxious to even a Score on Them
Iraq will Turn against U.S. no matter How many are Left
So pull them all out rather than hanging up 10,000 Targets
For multiple Terror Cells to fire on US as an isolated Bulls Eye
If 10,000 stay and suffer heavy losses: Blame Obama not Bush
July 11, 2011
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Luke 14:31 – Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand
?
Most historians accept that “the Battle of the Bighorn,” also known as “Custer’s Last Stand,” and by the Indians as “the Battle of Slippery Grass Hill,” consisted of 600 white eyes and 1800 Indians, a three to one advantage.
However, some claimed a nine to one advantage. Benteen estimates 3000 or more as the number of Indians. Whatever the number, the American troops were slaughtered primarily because they were completely surrounded by a much greater number of enemies.
I am afraid this might be the case if we leave such a small number in Iraq surrounded by so many enemies.
Begin Excerpt from Arutz Shevz
Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Flip-Flop
Tammuz 5, 5771, 07 July 11 12:09
by Gavriel Queenann
(Israelnationalnews.com)
President Barack Obama has offered to leave 10,000 troops in Iraq next year despite his pledge that all US forces would be withdrawn by the end of 2011.
Any extension of US military presence in Iraq depends on receiving a formal request from Baghdad, which must weigh the questionable readiness of Iraqi security forces against fears of increased terror attacks and unrest if US soldiers remain in 2012.
Baghdad is not expected to decide until September at the earliest when
the 46,000 US troopes who remain in the country will start heading home, but senior White House officials say they have worked out options to keep 8,500-10,000 active duty troops in-country to continue traiing Iraqi security forces in 2012.
The figures also were noted by foreign diplomats in Baghdad briefed on the issue. All spoke on condition of anonymity to frankly discuss the sensitive matter during interviews over the past two weeks.
Political Confrontations Expected
Any change in the US military withdrawal timetable in Iraq – after more than eight years and more
than 4,450 US military deaths – may spark difficult political confrontations for Obama as pressure builds to close out the Iraq mission and stick to pledges to draw down troops in Afghanistan as well.
Senator Harry Reid, the top senate democrat and majority leader, told reporters the cost of keeping US troops in Iraq, given a mounting US debt crisis and Iraq’s fledgling security gains, is no longer necessary.
“As Iraq becomes increasingly capable, it is time for our own troops to return home by the end of the year and for these precious resources to be directed elsewhere,” Reid said in the statement.
“There is no question that the United States must continue to provide support for the Iraqis as they progress, but now is the time for our military mission to come to a close.”
Reid estimated nearly $1 trillion has been spent in Iraq since the US invaded in 2003, including $50 billion this year alone.
Election Worries
Reid’s is the first statement by a top democrat to oppose Obama’s policy in Iraq, and may signal splintering Democratic support over his war planning just as he ramps up his 2012 re-election campaign.
Iraq has flown under Washington’s political radar for much of the past year, and democratic politicians and fund raisers who want Obama to end the war on-schedule are vowing to exert more pressure on the White House.
“With a false declaration that combat operations are over in Iraq, what is now Operation New Dawn has ironically become a forgotten war,” said Ashwin Madia, a former Marine who served in Iraq in 2005-06 and is now interim chairman of VoteVets.org. “That is about to change.”
The group has raised millions of dollars for Democratic Party candidates
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