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	Sunni leaders oppose terrorists, promote better US troop image

n2sooners

4-21-2007 1:25 AM

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sunni, iraq war, war on terror, politics, military

n2sooners says:

Now if we could just get them to teach the democrats a thing or two about supporting our troops.

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4-21-2007 1:45 AM

The REAL Napster

They say its not their war. Plus if anything good comes out of all this, THEY will be the first to take credit. ; )

5-22-2007 6:40 PM

_Bane_

Hey a win is a win who cares who takes credit. If we manage to stay long enough to stabilize the country then we can share in the credit.

We just have to make sure that when we do leave we don't force any concessions out of the Iraqi gov't that will make it look like a puppet of the US.

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