U.S. to increase Troop Levels in Iraq.

Anticipating a new burst of insurgent violence, the Pentagon plans to expand the U.S. force in Iraq to improve security for a planned October referendum and a December election. Although much public attention has been focused recently on the prospect of reducing U.S. forces next spring and summer, defense officials foresee the likelihood of first increasing troop levels

[burton2019]

they better be worrying about iran

[MikMo]

Elections, referendums....damm, pull us out and let the Iraqi people do all this themselves. We already bled the ground red to insure our right to vote....I don't think it's right that we should have to do the same for someone else.

[CoeburnCane]

Here's my two-step plan to a better America:

1) Pull all the troops from around the world. Get them back here.

2) Bomb OPEC. Take over the world's oil supply.

This way we can all fill up for about 3 cents/gallon.

That'll shut everybody up.

[SunTzu]

You would bomb poor little Venzuela ? They are 1/11th of OPEC. What about the other superpowers of OPEC... Indonesia , UAE or Nigeria ?

[CoeburnCane]

I'm goin off like the Black Panthers/Malcolm X---by any means necessary!!! Take over OPEC even if it means bombing poor lil Mauritania...or whatever other countries we gotta bomb. Gimme my oil...

[imported_hhstigerfan]

I say to heck with oil all together and switch to ethanol. That way we really could fill up for 3 cents a gallon. Is ethanol safe to run in a gasoline engine? I've heard stories of people being able to put moonshine in their tanks and their cars run but thats prob just nonsense...