THE US, THE UN AND IRAQ, ELEVENTH THREAD

Amen

Lets see...March 20,2003 till march 17,2007 equals 3 days short of 4 years

September 1,1939 to Sept 2,1945 equals 6 years and 1 day.

Your are correct,we have been in Iraq longer.

Geez,didnt you learn simple math in school?

mysteryman, poor soul. Stretching and stretching and of course stretching. Dec. 7 1941 was a day that will live in infamy.

revel wrote:

Roadside Bomb Kills 4 U.S. Troops in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, March 15 -- Four American soldiers were killed and two others were wounded Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicles in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

The soldiers were returning from search operations when one roadside bomb detonated, then another. The second bomb caused the casualties, the military said.

4 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Roadside Bombing

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CBS/AP) A roadside bomb exploded Thursday in eastern Baghdad, killing four U.S. soldiers and wounding two others, the U.S. military said.

The attack began when one bomb went off as a U.S. unit was returning from a search operation in the mostly Shiite area, the military said. Moments later, a second bomb exploded, killing and wounding the soldiers.

A demolition team that searched the site after the attack found an explosively formed projectile, a type of high-tech bomb which the U.S. military believes comes from Iran. The device was detonated by the team.

Earlier Thursday, the military said a U.S. soldier was killed the day before in combat in Anbar province, west of Baghdad.

Are you trying to say that these are two seperate attacks?
These are two reports of the same incident,and even you should have seen that.

So,WW2 started on Dec 7,1941?

I'm sure the family members of the allied troops that were killed in combat in Europe and the pacific before that date will be glad to know they werent fighting a war.
I'm sure it will make them feel better.

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq marched on the Pentagon yesterday, jeered along the way by large numbers of angry counter-protesters.

Organizers billed the antiwar rally as marking the 40th anniversary of the 1967 march on the Pentagon. At times, verbal clashes during the cold and blustery day demonstrated that the bitter divisions of four decades ago sparked by Vietnam are very much alive in the debate over Iraq.

So,now only when America entered the war did it become a war?

mysteryman wrote:

So,now only when America entered the war did it become a war?

Certainly not: the war started when Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, with Britain and France declaring war on Germany on September 3.

For the USA, the war started .... see above or look it up in your history book.

Obviously, MM, you don't understand ...

Your right,I dont understand.

In remarks at the ceremony, Gates said the U.S. is ready to defend its interests in the Middle East for decades to come, even though the Iraq war has been tougher than expected.

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So,WW2 started on Dec 7,1941?

I'm sure the family members of the allied troops that were killed in combat in Europe and the pacific before that date will be glad to know they werent fighting a war.
I'm sure it will make them feel better.

It did for Americans, prior to that date there had been only changes in training levels for the US Military. Until the Pearl Harbor attacks, the US was a neutral party, we declared war on Japan on Dec 8th, Germany declared war on the US four days later.

Joe(then we were in it)Nation