# Iraq War.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [November 19, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117 "2007-11-19T08:17:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@silverandslow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silverandslow)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/21 "2007-11-25T16:37:17Z")
Don’t hold back. Bush was PUT there becuase of who his father was. Let the lower class die for nothing. And Cheney only shoots people with bird shot, which is not supplied in the Armed forces, so he didn’t want to join.
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### Author:  [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/22 "2007-11-27T17:12:46Z")
if we won why the fuck are we still there???
vested interest by bush, thats why
alot of people are profiting from this war… and the ones profiting are not the ones dying and putting their lives in jeapordy.
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### Author:  [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/23 "2007-12-12T17:55:35Z")
This is kinda funny to read. Since ive gone to school ive stopped reading the times union and BS like that and instead read BBC online (which everyone should agree is pretty balanced). More importantly I talk with people who have been to Iraq 3, 2, 1 years ago along with some who are on their way over in a few months. Some of this commentary and political crap is just that… crap.
By no means am I saying that everything was perfect and cherry, but when you talk with people who had a job to do in that country you get a new respect for what exactly is going on. No one is just standing around on street corners over there, business is getting done.
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### Author:  [@stuffnthings](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuffnthings)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/24 "2007-12-28T11:49:42Z")
It’s pretty goddamn funny to me that politicians think they can institute a democracy within tribal nations… These people have been killin each other since before the word democracy was defined. LMAO at going into an uneducated nation-state, divided into several factions fighting over land and tellin them to get along. BTW whatever happen to bin-laden? The american public has widespread ADHD. One distraction to the next…
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/25 "2008-02-27T21:04:49Z")
been there… why are we still there. know one knows. my friend who got blown up by a road side IED didnt know either, but hes not here to tell his side of the story anymore… hopefully 2009 holds more for us as a nation, because 2008 is off to a horrible start. :angry2
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### Author:  [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/26 "2008-02-27T21:07:35Z")
hey untill there outta oil well be there
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### Author:  [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/27 "2008-02-28T05:35:52Z")
> [@Mk4 30R](#):
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> been there… why are we still there. know one knows. my friend who got blown up by a road side IED didnt know either, but hes not here to tell his side of the story anymore… hopefully 2009 holds more for us as a nation, because 2008 is off to a horrible start. :angry2
2008 has gone better than 2007. Maybe we’ll have some more progress in 2009… isn’t that why we are there, progress?
What year were you there, where were you stationed and with who?
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/28 "2008-02-28T05:46:18Z")
One of my friends were ambushed on a convoy. He was a Mechanic riding along with a bunch of goverment contracted drivers to move supplies. These guys are getting paid thousands to drive and if something breaks, our troops have to stay behind with the truck like sitting ducks to either fix it or defend it until they can get another truck out to take the cargo. He got lucky and was only wounded and no one was killed. Our single shot/ 3 round burst M16s are no match for the string of lead that burns out of AK47s
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### Author:  [@jtviggen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jtviggen)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/29 "2008-02-28T05:49:57Z")
hey guys
i believe we should stay until we are done with what we need to do there
i do agree we should’ve put more of our focus on Afghanistan than Iraq, this is coming from a member of the armed forces
and i will admit i did vote for GW both times
but feel he has had a shitty 2nd term.
and that McCain is the best man for the job while the other 2 want to pull out no pun intended ;D
u cant cut and run/hide from something you started uhave to finish what u started!!! :idiots
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/30 "2008-02-28T05:56:22Z")
Dont pull out… bust in
I served active duty AF. I support the war but not how its beeing conducted. I think that after all our time there it will still become a dictatorship after we finally pull out for good. It wont be the next day but it will happen.
And I never voted for G.W.Bush. His dad was a dick and he’s an idiot. I dont like anybody who is running now but I think any of them could do a better job than either Bush
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### Author:  [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/31 "2008-02-28T06:00:25Z")
Sean, we should get tom on here, hes been in iraq, kuwait and just about everywhere since… 04-05, almost non-stop tours with only about a month break every 1.5 yrs. but he loves it… BTW BUSH…GO FUCK YOURSELF
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/32 "2008-02-28T06:04:08Z")
I know a few Marines that come back from Iraq and cant wait to go back. I think they are fucked up for life but somebody has to do it
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### Author:  [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/33 "2008-02-28T06:42:37Z")
> [@Johawk](#):
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> I know a few Marines that come back from Iraq and cant wait to go back. I think they are fucked up for life but somebody has to do it
No one HAS to to it, no one has to fight a pointless war, nor should we
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/34 "2008-02-28T06:46:47Z")
If people didnt volunteer you could bet your ass there would be a draft again
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/35 "2008-02-28T06:49:12Z")
> [@plaf713](#):
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> No one HAS to to it, no one has to fight a pointless war, nor should we
What do you mean “no one HAS to do it”?
Its their job, if the government makes the choice to go to war, they HAVE to do it. They signed up for it so i’m sure they’re not going to hate it, and if they were to take your attitude and say “I’m not doing it, it’s pointless i quit”…Dishonorable discharge is one of the worst things to have if you ever try to get another good job.
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/36 "2008-02-28T06:52:41Z")
other than honorable isnt too much better from what I hear. A friend of mine was discharged after 2 DWIs with an other than honorable discharge and he says it makes life shity
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### Author:  [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/37 "2008-02-28T07:32:14Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#):
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> Sean, we should get tom on here, hes been in iraq, kuwait and just about everywhere since… 04-05, almost non-stop tours with only about a month break every 1.5 yrs. but he loves it… BTW BUSH…GO FUCK YOURSELF
Tom nuts…he would do it all by himself if he could…but thats what we need…
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/38 "2008-02-28T08:42:05Z")
Al Asad AB, Kabul, Iraq. 2007. deployed from USS Eisenhower as part of a joint forces strike group. thats more than enough information.
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### Author:  [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/39 "2008-02-28T08:59:10Z")
Thats interesting, I think my sister flew out of there 2006. I didnt know that the navy had people on the ground there.
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq-war/235117/40 "2008-02-28T09:48:20Z")
the navy is all over, my friend just did 7 months in Afghanistan, deployed as an IA, or individual augmentee, he was part of an army battallion, as a intercommunications tech.
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