What's going to happen when Obama pulls troops out of Iraq?

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Evan

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Evan
100% relevant, they're exactly the same thing. Dems thought Iraq would be fought a certain way, it wasn't, and now they're against it. Zero difference between that and Paul's excuses with Afghanistan.

Yeah, except for the fact that Iraq nor anyone in Iraq attacked us. You know, that whole thing.

WTF? Dems nor Repubs claimed Iraq attacked us.

Exactly. That's why Paul voted against invading Iraq. Not only that, but he spoke out against the invasion many times before we went in there.

Are you trying to imply Paul was wrong for voting for the invasion of Afghanistan, or wrong for not voting for the invasion of Iraq?

No, I'm not. I support the war in Afghanistan. I'm saying your excuse making is hypocritical considering Paul's stance.

My excuse? What are you talking about? Paul's stance is to get out of there at this point. We're doing nothing but nation building, OBL and al Zawahiri aren't even there anymore.

 

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Originally posted by: bamacre

Exactly. That's why Paul voted against invading Iraq. Not only that, but he spoke out against the invasion many times before we went in there.

Your reasoning makes no sense, you built a strawman and tore it down yourself. Going into Iraq to get WMDs made plenty of sense...if it were true. But it wasn't and it was a massive mistake as a result. Had they got weapons this would be an entirely different situation.

My excuse? What are you talking about? Paul's stance is to get out of there at this point. We're doing nothing but nation building, OBL and al Zawahiri aren't even there anymore.

We didn't go into Afghanistan just for OBL, and it certainly doesn't preclude us from going into Pakistan where OBL resides. But again, you said Afghanistan was a boondoogle yet you support a man (Paul) that voted for that war. Paul saying "We didn't do what we were supposed to do in Afghanistan" is exactly the same excuse as Dems saying "We didn't do what we were supposed to do in Iraq". There is no difference. In case you're confused.