Poland wants to forget about Iraq

[The Postmaster General]

Poland has set out to remove troops from Iraq.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/occupation/2004/0420poland.htm

[Criminal Rock]

Do you not notice the date for this? It says April 20.... Its October 6, and there are still Polish troops in Iraq.

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Tai Mai Jew
Do you not notice the date for this? It says April 20.... Its October 6, and there are still Polish troops in Iraq.


Yeah, I noticed the date. You might as well be telling me that I'm posting on Joblo.com, and my user name is BubbaStrangelove.

Now, it's my turn for a question -

Tai Mai Jew: Do you not notice the first sentance of the first paragraph in that article that was posted in April?

Poland is planning to withdraw its troops from Iraq in the coming months

So, Tai Mai, like Donahue used to ask: What's your point? As Steve Martin may say in regards to your only respons being that the article I posted wasn't current enough to unclinch your buttocks - Well... excuuuuse me!

:p


Here is the story as posted two days ago in USA TODAY:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-10-04-poland-iraq_x.htm

Anyway - It looks like the plan is to leave by late 2005. So, who knows what will happen by then. :rolleyes:

Here is the story as posted today:

http://afr.com/articles/2004/10/06/1096949543235.html

It seems that October 15th is the date they will decide their timetable.

[EVILxxx]

You've just been served!

Anyway I predict this to continue to happen until it is just Britian the US and possibly Japan left. I think these countries may be politically motivated. The more countries that pull out before the election, the less likely Bush will be reelected.

[The Postmaster General]

http://www.kithfan.org/work/images/bc4.jpg


Sorry, just thought of this movie.

[Criminal Rock]

My point is that it has been six months since this statement was made, the statement says “in the coming of months,” and there are still Polish troops in Iraq… If you didn’t see his speech that he made, he says that until next year, but ONLY AFTER they make Iraq secure and safe. Do you know how long that’s going to take? Well more then a year I can guarantee. So Poland is going to stay in Iraq until they make it safe and secure for their country, and it is going to take more then a year, hell… more then three.

And I would have only been served if they were actually going to remove their troops in the upcoming months from April.

Sorry for the late response.:rolleyes:

[The Postmaster General]

Tai Mai, again, what's your point? You are only stating things that were stated in the article which you questioned the validity of.

Polish troops still in Iraq, over a year to get out (if that soon) - I already mentioned those things in my earlier post, and those things are also mentioned in the article that I originally posted, as well as the other two articles I posted after that.

I'm not trying to tell anyone that Poland is with drawing troops currently. The article I posted never said they were. This is just a news item I decided to post. If it's being mentioned elsewhere, i didn't see why it would matter if I posted it here. Apparently you even heard a speech about it, so I'm not sure what your MO in trying to discredit the story is. I'm very curious why, instead of acting as if it wasn't happening, you didn't mention the speech earlier. Personally, I think you took it upon yourself to read the speech after the fact, or you would have given this information from the get go, as it would have been more salient than asking me if I noticed the date of the article, but hey -- that's really none of my goddamned business, so I don't really care either way.

This is like the airport thread I started, where you are being combative for no apparent reason.


...if they were actually going to remove their troops in the upcoming months from April.

This seems to be where you are finding the arguement. The problem is that no one said Poland was currently removing troops. My sentance was that Poland has set-out to remove troops.

It's not my intention to start a rhetorical debate over what "set-out" and "upcoming months" mean, but clearly you were acting as if I wasn't aware of these things, and I clearly told you that I was. It is my understanding that if you had just stated what you did in your last post, with out asking us as if we were incapable of reading through the articles for ourselves, Evillxxx wouldn't have said anything.

I'm not so sure what exactly you are trying to prove here, unless this is a Luke Skywalker walking into the cave sort of thing.

As far as I could tell, it was a misunderstanding. There's no need for you to act condescending toward me, and there is no reason for me to start acting that way toward you. I don't roll like that.


Sorry for the late response

You think this topic is no big deal. I wasn't expecting you to comment further on it, much less reiterate what's already been stated.

If you think the topic of Poland planning to leave Iraq is no big deal -- that's clear, and I for one understand that. I don't think anyone expected you to respond, so don't worry about it. I'm much more interested in having the topic addressed by other schmoes -- see what they think. Perhaps my image from Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy appeared directed at you, but it was meant to be in regards to Evil's theoretical comment about the coallition disbanning. I wanted to have it be Bush saying that, but then I thought the KITH reference would be lost. So, I chose accordingly. However, out of everything ON TOPIC that has been mentioned here, you chose to focus on whether or not you "got served", as if getting "served" by someone calling themself BubbaStrangelove takes precedent over Poland's involvement in the US Coallition.


:rolleyes:

Oh, rolleyes. I get it. You're not being apologetic -- just trying to give more guff.

Keep fighting the fight! I hope it works out for you.

[bankholdup]

To quote Bill Maher...

They may be stupid, but they're not fucking idiots!

[Criminal Rock]

My point is that even in 2008 or even until 2011, Poland will still be in Iraq with the U.S., they will only retreat when Iraq is completely secure and safe with their country. That’s my point. They won’t leave next year “in 2005,” they're just getting their hopes up.

[The Postmaster General]

Of course Iraq is safe! They're going to have democratic elections. Freedom has prevailed!!

Haha! As if....

Yeah, who knows when they'll be out. Where did you get those dates from, or are they arbitrary? We should know more by October 15, when this is ran by the big boys in Warsaw, who could very well pull the kibosh on the whole thing.

Thinking that the US will be in there through 2011 is a bit scary, but probably realistic. The next six months should put things into more perspective, or maybe they won't.

I think only David Hasselhoff may know for sure.

[Criminal Rock]

I kept wondering what you were talking about when you said you don’t know what my point was. I guess my mind fills in things, sorry. And those dates were just guesses, hopefully not true, but it’s realistic.