Poll

When will the US (and their poodles) withdraw from Iraq?

Less then six months5%5% - 6
More than six months, less than a year11%11% - 14
More than a year, less than 2 years22%22% - 26
More than 2 years, less than 5 years22%22% - 26
More than 5 years, less than 10 years18%18% - 22
Forever20%20% - 24
Total: 118
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6990
Let's see who hits the nail on the head. Vote and explain your prediction and we can use this thread to judge who was the most astute when and if the 'coalition of the drilling' haul ass out of I-raq.

Edit: the last option should read 'Never' - d'oh!

Last edited by CameronPoe (2007-07-16 05:14:03)

sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7192|Argentina
They took poodles?  Maybe that's why the insurgency is winning.  They should have taken pitbulls at least.

Gen. David Petraeus wrote:

Counter-insurgency could last nine or 10 years.

Last edited by sergeriver (2007-07-16 05:21:11)

IG-Calibre
comhalta
+226|7177|Tír Eoghan, Tuaisceart Éireann
It's still only the early days of that conflict, you're totally delusional to think otherwise.  It's like the Brits who came here for 2 weeks and stayed 30 years..
Mason4Assassin444
retired
+552|7097|USA
Never. But WWIII will spawn from this regardless. Mark my crazy words.
konfusion
mostly afk
+480|6985|CH/BR - in UK

More than 5 years - unless they don't finish their jobs...

-konfusion
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6954|Πάϊ
$5 says they stay for about two years more. Surely less than 5.

btw the elections are in November right?
ƒ³
BVC
Member
+325|7130
Assuming WW3 doesn't break out in this time, more than 2 & less than 5.
RDMC
Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!
+736|7000|Area 51

Poll wrote:

More than six months, less than a year
Curtor
Member
+6|6584|Canada
As long as Bush is in office
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6990
Personally I think it'll be less than a year. That is assuming a Republican wants to stand a chance of winning the presidential election...
DancingGerbil
Member
+1|6598|Melton Mowbray, England
I think the US and Brits will withdraw in less than a year for political reasons (election looming!) and they will leave a real mess behind them.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6964|Global Command
Never.

It is now a U.S. state ( effectively. )
Superior Mind
(not macbeth)
+1,755|7127

ATG wrote:

Never.

It is now a U.S. state ( effectively. )
I think we will still have bases there like we do in Korea after the majority of the military is pulled out.
DancingGerbil
Member
+1|6598|Melton Mowbray, England

Superior Mind wrote:

ATG wrote:

Never.

It is now a U.S. state ( effectively. )
I think we will still have bases there like we do in Korea after the majority of the military is pulled out.
I'm not sure about that, aren't your bases in Korea more for strategic reasons (keeping an eye on the commies)?
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6990

ATG wrote:

Never.

It is now a U.S. state ( effectively. )
Puerto Rico just got jipped!
CommieChipmunk
Member
+488|7004|Portland, OR, USA

Superior Mind wrote:

ATG wrote:

Never.

It is now a U.S. state ( effectively. )
I think we will still have bases there like we do in Korea after the majority of the military is pulled out.
As long as there's a reason to be there (middle eastern oil), we'll be there "defending our turf"

Last edited by CommieChipmunk (2007-07-16 14:10:43)

Braddock
Agitator
+916|6725|Éire
I think less than a year, it already seems like they're preparing the public for a pull-out.
jord
Member
+2,382|7113|The North, beyond the wall.
Is the British army the poodles?
Slickdawg8
Visit TAW.NET
+58|7213|Long Island
I'd have to say more than a year, less than two years.
Balok77
Member
+28|6583
they will be there until all terroists are wiped out

(still waiting)
A12345
Member
+77|6905
I think therell always be some form of occupation. Well never completely leave, just a guess.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,991|7067|949

The US will probably start troop withdrawals within the next year and a half, but a presence will remain, most likely a hastened pseudo-police force compromised of some UN soldiers.
imortal
Member
+240|7099|Austin, TX
Well, we are STILL in Germany.  How is that for precedent?
Switch
Knee Deep In Clunge
+489|6898|Tyne & Wear, England
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Locoloki
I got Mug 222 at Gritty's!!!!
+216|7075|Your moms bedroom
Why leave now? we haven't accomplished anything yet, more i.e.d.'s than ever and apparently Al-Queda is as strong as it was pre-9/11.

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