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US Forces Exit Iraq

78 points · 153 comments · cod1r

  1. meindnoch · · focus · HN ↗
    The American balloon is popping.
    1. drstewart · · focus · HN ↗
      How many European forces are in Iraq? I guess the EU balloon has already popped, by your metric.
      1. Tanjreeve · · focus · HN ↗
        Not getting themselves in over their heads expending loads of money and blood is somehow a bad thing now? Historys proven the doubt right outside some really niche circles.
        1. drstewart · · focus · HN ↗
          So is being in Iraq a bad thing or not? Is it balloon popping?
          1. Tanjreeve · · focus · HN ↗
            I'm not sure if you're acting obtuse or you genuinely don't understand the difference between not doing something stupid versus extracting yourself from a stupid situation.

            If I jump off a building and land on the pavement and break both of my legs this does not mean the person who is watching me from the street is as foolish as me despite us both ending up in the same place. The reason why I am dumber than this fictional observer is that we have not taken the same route to get there and I now have broken legs

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