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Originally Posted by Bucco
As always you forget FACTS....
"In an exclusive analysis, The Daily Beast combed through a decade of military deployment history, and found only a faint line between the Bush and Obama presidencies. The number of American troops abroad has dropped less than 1 percent under President Obama, buoyed by what appears to be a sharp rise in the number of clandestine assignments, and curious growth in the number of personnel at Guantanamo Bay. None of the robust deployment trends begun under Bush have significantly abated. And since World War II, only President Bush has scattered a greater proportion of American might overseas: 39.5, 42.8, and 39.1 percent of American troops were abroad between 2006 and 2008, compared to Obama’s 39.3 percent in 2009 and 38.2 percent as of December 2010, the most recent date for which worldwide data is available.* Even with an aggressive—or, to some minds, reckless—drawdown in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, it would take nearly another 300,000 reassignments to domestic duty before the military was as united at home as it was on September 10, 2001."
I am not sure why you continue to say things that are patently NOT TRUE but you do. I suppose you get some vicarious thrill from it, as with 12 year olds just lying to see if they can get away with it.
Have an opinion BUT PLEASE USE FACTS when presenting how you feel.
"After two years at the helm of U.S. foreign policy, President Obama has called home fewer than 1 percent of American soldiers."
President Obama, President Bush, and the March of U.S. Soldiers Abroad: Where They Are and Why - The Daily Beast |
"Facts" can be a rather elusive concept. Facts can often be presented to support both sides of an argument. They can be manipulated, interpreted, and twisted to be whatever the presenter wants them to be. Many of you are so fond of your links, but they rarely produce anything other than some writer or bloggers opinion, supported by questionable facts, studies, and statistics. For example, global warming is real -
Surveyed scientists agree global warming is real - CNN.com No it's not -
'The Great Global Warming Swindle' Summarised
If you think you are doing important work and bringing enlightenment to the masses by posting on a message board, you are delusional. Share your opinion if you like, post your "facts" if you must, but you are not likely changing a single heart or mind, just playing to your like-minded friends and colleagues.