The following commentary is another example of how we don't' follow other
stations' party line as we review The Point from 2003.
It's time to withdraw our troops from Iraq. Or is it?
Major combat operations ended last spring. Critics argue that after five
months its time our troops come home.
Now, how about some perspective. World War Two and the Korean War ended more
than 50 years ago, but there are still about 72,000 troops in Germany and
38,000 in South Korea. Little old Kosovo still has about 1600 American
troops although that conflict ended in 1999. Bill Clinton promised all US
forces would be out of Bosnia-Herzegovina by December 1996, but 3100 remain.
Where are the calls for withdrawal from these countries?
Now, there are no U.S. troops in Vietnam. But I guess we lost that war. The
last of 20,000 US military left Haiti five years after Clinton ordered its
1994 invasion. Jean Bertrande Aristide, reinstalled as Haitian President by
the U.S., rules one of the most brutal countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Now, there's a success story for you.
[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
