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Italy 'to pull troops from Iraq'
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on March 15, 2005, 03:28:32 pm ---is this really good for our troops morale?
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Who DOES have our troops' morale at heart? The Italian media? Our media? Anyone at all? Everything that happens, no matter what, someone starts shouting "what about the troop morale". It's the new nonPatriotism or "if you do that the terrorists win".
The troops get the short end of the stick in every way. Using their morale as a way to fight a political battle is just bluster.
Crazy Cooter:
There might be more to it:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7193188/
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who confirmed he would seek re-election next year, alluded to the rising public discontent and said he had spoken with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, another strong Washington ally.
DrewKaree:
"The shadow of Mohamad al-Amin mosque where late Prime Minister Rafiq
Hariri is buried is cast on hundreds of thousands of Lebanese demonstrators
who packed Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut. More than 800,000 people
poured into the heart of the city for an opposition demonstration demanding
an end to nearly three decades of Syrian military domination and to mark
the fourth week since Hariri was killed.
Oh, and now for something the AFP forgot to add to it's caption - Bush was right"
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on March 15, 2005, 10:24:34 pm ---There might be more to it:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7193188/
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who confirmed he would seek re-election next year, alluded to the rising public discontent and said he had spoken with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, another strong Washington ally.
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Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 16, 2005, 11:02:17 am ---It's not plural, it's the reporter being unable to understand his Italian accent.
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