This can't be stated enough times

[whosinpower]

And is something we rarely ever hear.....

Why do we not hear Bush explain an exit strategy in Iraq? Because there IS NO EXIT STRATEGY. The Bush administration condemn John Kerry for stating that he would work towards taking troops out of Iraq within six months of his presidency. But the Bushies will not take any sort of stand towards bringing the troops home. Citing the rising insecurity in Iraq as the main reason, but in truth, right now the US is building several very large permanent bases in Iraq. I will repeat that - THERE IS NO EXIT STRATEGY. Would you have agreed to this war knowing that this was their plan all along?????


snip - A year later, in the spring of 2004, the Chicago Tribune had a couple of pieces on the up-to-14 enduring camps being prepared. Otherwise, as far as I can tell, our permanent bases, plans for them, the building of them, and what they might mean, strategically speaking have gone almost completely unmentioned in our media. And enormous as they evidently are, they should be hard to overlook. Here's the only reference I've found, in an obscure engineering journal, to their overall size and the enormity of the funds being pouted into them, based on an email interview with Lt. Col. David (Mark) Holt of the Army Corps of Engineers, "who is tasked with facilities development." It reads:


"U.S. Base Construction--The third major mission the army's engineers are engaged in is building facilities for the bed-down of U.S. forces. 'Again the numbers are staggering,' Holt says. Most of work is being done through KBR. 'Interesting program in the several billion dollar range,' Holt says."

http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=1687

[Commendatori]

1. I didn't agree with it to begin with. (N/T)

[LeftHander]

2. Never an intention of exiting...escalation

All out middle east war is what Bush needs to have any chance at re-election.

Permanent Bases in Iraq = Invasion and occupation of Iran.

A long protracted bloody war.

For Bush glory.

[CarolynEC]

3. Good idea -- a simple point worth hammering (n/t)