If it was up to you, no. You would be happy about it too.

I always thought the troops which were in Bosnia/Kosovo were primarily UN troops, not US troops. Wasn’t that Slick Willie’s plan all along – to have American troops fighting under the banner of the UN and not the US flag? (Shudder.)

If the troops there are UN troops, I don’t think we have the jurisdiction over them to “pull them out” in this case. Besides, they’ve been there for almost 10 years. You would think they’d have finished the job by now.

But then again, we’ve seen how “effective” UN troops are when it comes to fighting (note Exhibit A – Hezbollah’s war on Israel last summer). They aren’t exactly a platoon that would make Iran’s leader I’mADinnerJacket quake in his boots.

I should also add that UN troops, besides being such a model of military effectiveness (yeah, right), have their own woes when it comes to discipline. Just ask those young girls who were raped by UN forces. Talk about irony – they were hurting the ones they were trying to defend. But you don’t see the Drive-By Media reporting it as much as they did the alleged atrocities in Haditha and Abu Ghraib. It doesn’t fit their “America is bad” template.

Regards,
Peter H.

well these idiots please go to freakin kmart already and get underwear.

And we know that Iraq, Iraq had no terrorism. They were no threat to the United States of America.

Who’s we? Does she have a turd in her pocket? There was a consensus that Iraq did AND posed a threat to America and her interests.

No, there’s only one problem: your poor reading comprehension coupled with desperation.

I call shenanigans.

Clearly Ian didn’t read what NDT posted.

Personally, I had, have, and presumably will have no problem with us having troops in either location. After all, their actions put an end to genocide and the rule of ruthless and hateful dictators, even though there is no way Bosnia and Kosovo could be considered “strategic” to the United States in a military sense.

The problems come when leftists like Ian try to explain why they had to intervene militarily in Bosnia and Kosovo to stop the genocide and abuses…..but fought tooth and nail to stop us from intervening with someone who was far worse in both respects AND had the capability to harm the US and its strategic interests.

The answer boils down to two things; racism on the part of Democrats towards the people of Iraq and a singular willingness on their part to dance to the tunes being called by bribed bureaucrats in the UN and Europe for whom billions of dollars would vanish if Saddam did.

Unfortunately, Ian, regardless of your attempts to make it otherwise, there are three problems

No, there’s only one problem: your poor reading comprehension coupled with desperation. Gene brought up Bosnia and presented a most attractive deal. I accepted that deal and now the rest of the usual suspects are frantic about it. Tough.

As for the US efforts in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Europeans are shouldering most of that burden and have for some time. If US involvement in those two locations was so misguided, I’m sure your Dear Leader would have ended it as soon as he was inaugurated in 2001.

“Oh Allah, vanquish the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them all, down to the very last one. Oh Allah, show them a day of darkness. Oh Allah, who sent down His Book, the mover of the clouds, who defeated the enemies of the Prophet, defeat the Jews and the Americans, and bring us victory over them.”

The People Air Pelosi and Herry GReid are oh-so-eager to surrender to.

That is because you and your entire party consider Kosovo and Bosnia to be greater strategic dangers to the United States than both Afghanistan and Iraq.

That demonstrates completely and convincingly that you and your fellow Democrats are totally unfit to either make military decisions or to protect this country.

waves his arms desperately to distract from Diane Feinstein’s corruption

Let’s see here: the discussion is US troop levels in Bosnia. Out of the blue, you bring up some supposed “corruption” on the part of Dianne Feinstein. Now who did you claim was trying to “distract?”

Touche.

Regards,
Peter H.

let’s recall all the firefighters who are battling the wildfire in Georgia.

Well, if the fire chief had deliberately started that wildfire, he’d be up on criminal charges by now.

Sounds like IgnoAndNaus got his clock cleaned again.

Oh, Petie, there you go again fantasizing about me again. This time apparently you want to clean my “clock.” Next, you’ll be asking me how “massive” it is. LOL!