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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: As of Today, Iraq War Is Longer than World War II |
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| As of Today, Iraq War Is Longer than World War II |
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NPR, All Things Considered,
November 27, 2006
Monday, Nov. 27, marks the day when the Iraq war becomes longer than the U.S. involvement in World War II. Retired Maj. Gen. Robert Scales notes that he is surprised that the U.S. military has held out this long, considering that it is an all-volunteer service. A veteran of Vietnam, Scales credits the country's sergeants for holding things together.
Of sergeants, Scales says, "They are the soul of our army, the glue that bonds fighting units together. They bring young soldiers along, inure them to the frightfulness they are about to witness, and teach them the practical things that keep them alive in the heat of battle."
Scales says that today's sergeants' willingness to stay in the service contrasts to 1972, when many of the NCOs left the service, dissatisfied with the war in Vietnam.
Iraq vs. Other Conflicts
As of Monday, U.S. troops have been in Iraq for 3 years and 8 months. A comparison to other wars:
The Revolutionary War lasted for 8 years and 2 months.
The American Civil War lasted 4 years, ending on April 9, 1865.
The Spanish-American War began on February 15, 1898, and ended in the same year, on July 17.
World War I lasted 4 years and just under 5 months.
The U.S. role in World War II started in December of 1941; it ended with the Japanese surrender in 1945.
The U.S. involvement in Vietnam lasted well over a decade, until Saigon fell to North Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
Source: World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007 |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6545249
Personally, I think the General's comments are worthless. However, I did find the date interesting, regardless of the General's comments. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| America didn't enter WWI until April 2, 1917, they were only in the fight for 1 year, not 4. |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:49 am Post subject: Re: As of Today, Iraq War Is Longer than World War II |
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| cwemory wrote: |
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| As of Today, Iraq War Is Longer than World War II |
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Oh... I thought you meant, like, actually longer for a moment  |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Yes the US also entered the War on terror late.
What year did international terror begin?
cbc |
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Slep
Joined: 14 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Yes the US also entered the War on terror late.
What year did international terror begin?
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1492 if you talk about terror on the land mass we now call america. |
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:19 am Post subject: |
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1939 - 45 in Europe, longer in the East. When did Japan first start the expansion that finished in '46?
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W.T.Carl
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| What's your point? It took up until 1912 to combat an insurgency in the Phillipines. Then it wasn't too many years later that the Philllipino people fought and died for the US in large numbers. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Slep wrote: |
| cbclark4 wrote: |
Yes the US also entered the War on terror late.
What year did international terror begin?
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1492 if you talk about terror on the land mass we now call america. |
yes, because there was no brutal treatment of humans before Columbus. And I don't believe the caribbean is considered america either. |
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Alias
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| W.T.Carl wrote: |
| What's your point? It took up until 1912 to combat an insurgency in the Phillipines. Then it wasn't too many years later that the Philllipino people fought and died for the US in large numbers. |
Are the neo-cons now trying to use the US invasion of the Phillipines as a rallying point for Iraq now? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Slep wrote: |
| cbclark4 wrote: |
Yes the US also entered the War on terror late.
What year did international terror begin?
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1492 if you talk about terror on the land mass we now call america. |
yes, because there was no brutal treatment of humans before Columbus. And I don't believe the caribbean is considered america either. |
So, you go to work on Columbus Day as a form of protest for this un-American holiday? |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Slep wrote: |
| cbclark4 wrote: |
Yes the US also entered the War on terror late.
What year did international terror begin?
cbc |
1492 if you talk about terror on the land mass we now call america. |
yes, because there was no brutal treatment of humans before Columbus. And I don't believe the caribbean is considered america either. |
So, you go to work on Columbus Day as a form of protest for this un-American holiday? |
no, i go because my employer doesn't view it as a holiday.
And yes, columbus' trips was the first step to European settlement in the americas, but it wasn't quite yet there in 1492. |
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Hollywoodaction
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Slep wrote: |
| cbclark4 wrote: |
Yes the US also entered the War on terror late.
What year did international terror begin?
cbc |
1492 if you talk about terror on the land mass we now call america. |
yes, because there was no brutal treatment of humans before Columbus. And I don't believe the caribbean is considered america either. |
So, you go to work on Columbus Day as a form of protest for this un-American holiday? |
no, i go because my employer doesn't view it as a holiday.
And yes, columbus' trips was the first step to European settlement in the americas, but it wasn't quite yet there in 1492. |
You darn well know it was not directed at what you do in Korea, not that I was expecting an answer because it was a rhetorical question. |
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Slep
Joined: 14 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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If it was directed at me, i lived in Canada before here so yes, i do go to work on Columbus Day.
Dual Canadian/American though.
I don't think it's wrong to point out that the colonization of the Americas required the destruction of many different groups of people. |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:26 am Post subject: |
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This thread is a farce. Iraq was NOT longer then our involvement with WOrld War II.
Think:
We defeated Japan in a few years, but how long did the occupation of Japan last until??? You have to add that time in.
We militarily defeated Iraq in 3 weeks, the rest has been the occupation period. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| NAVFC and sundubuman must be related. |
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