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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:
> On Oct 28, 2008, at 12:22 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
>
> > Gene GeRue wrote:
> >
> > > As you have found a source, please give us the numbers of troops sent
> > > compared to the number of Americans sent.
> > It is irrelevant.
> > You said we stood alone, I said we did not.  I gave our partners.  
> > Their
> > contributions, whether in troops, training, money, or support in other
> > ways(such as housing refugees) will vary and are irrelevant to the  
> > argument.
>
> Tell that to the families of the American men and women who have been  
> killed or maimed and tell that to the American taxpayers'  
> grandchildren who will pay the bill.

You've lost me...
What started off as a simple rebuttal of a simple sentence has now been 
convoluted into something else.

> > Iran is/was anything but depleted.  The Iran/Iraq war had been over  
> > for
> > many years.
>
> "Despite several calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security  
> Council, hostilities continued until 20 August1988. The last prisoners  
> of war were exchanged in 2003.[8][9]


Let's see..I said many years...2003-1988 is 15 years.  Not depleted.
The rest of the Wikipedia article quoted centered mostly on Iraqi woes, 
not Iran, because we have had little insight into the real Iran.  The 
fact that they almost have a nuclear weapon now is a testament to the 
fact that they were not economically or industrially depleted in 2003. 
It takes a lot more than 5 years to develop nukes.

All in all Gene, it is stupid to argue about this...this is nit-picking 
about something that is water over the damn.  It has already stretched 
far beyond the original statement.
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