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Quote by: bishop I don't know about ego damage, unless you mean on this forum. I see it more as betrayal plain and simple. We were ALL betrayed, but some of us refuse to see it, or if they do they ARE afraid of "ego damage". |
imo, it's definitely an ego thing.. nobody likes being lied to, and often enough, people choose to live in denial rather than accept the dirty truth.
anyways.. i don't see us fully withdrawing anytime soon. our country is an imperial power, be it controlled by democrats or republicans. there's no way in hell that the powers that be will
willingly choose to completely withdraw. we may pare down our forces and eliminate reconstruction funds, but i'm fairly certain that the only way we'll completely withdraw is after the insurgency kills another thousand and maims even more american soldiers. plus, you gotta keep pumping money into the military machine to keep the beast happy.