Four long-term USA military bases in Iraq

WASHINGTON--The United States is planning to establish up to four long-term military bases in Iraq as part of a redeployment of forces that would transform its ability to project power in the Middle East.... Baghdad International Airport, Tallil in southern Iraq, the H-1 airstrip in the west and Bashur airfield in Kurdistan have already been identified as potential bases.

"There will be some kind of a long-term defense relationship with a new Iraq, similar to Afghanistan," a senior Bush administration official said. "The scope of that has yet to be defined --whether it will be 'full-up' operational bases, smaller forward operating bases or just plain access."

http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-base21.html

 

Germany Must be shitting in their pants! Think of all of the Green Back$ that will leave Germany.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

What if the New Iraqi Government doens't want US bases on Iraqi soil?

 

The plan is coming together, fuk germany.

 

France and germany want to run the EU, they can also worry about their defense. The US is sick of those fuks.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

Hey, we agree. I'm sick of all the Military Bases in Germany too.

However after we "contract" them, we should not go into another era of expansion. We should take that money and spend it on things inside our borders.

A Federally Funded Bullet Train system would be nice. I'm sure we could set that up with some tiny sliver of the military budget.

Maybe some wind farms....

 

[radiofreecostarica]

ok.

"We're there to liberate them."

Liars.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

It wasn't a war of liberation until the terrorist and WMD angles failed and they had to look for a third reason to sell it to the public.

Third time was a charm.

We did liberate them. But that was just a fortunate side effect.

 

FSB.
WTF, bullet trains? are you joking? we drive cars in the US. Amtrack is a complete failure. bullets trains are a complete waste of money for the cost.

 

[radiofreecostarica]

A Liberation we'll have to wait and see on at that.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

Bullet Trains can go in excess of 200 mph.

This is not competition for the auto industry, but for the airline industry.

 

>What if the New Iraqi Government doens't
>want US bases on Iraqi soil?

Change that one too...

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

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>want US bases on Iraqi soil?

Change that one too...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So you admit you don't care about the people of Iraq tasting freedom! If they democratically make choices that you disagree with, then their democracy is not good enough for FatFrank!

 

FSB, you need to lighten-up... That was a j/k

 

[grantt]

Bush is a lying scumbag. He said they were going in to Iraq, well for several reasons. The latest to liberate Iraq then leave. Now they are setting up four permanent bases like the scumbag Americans did in Panama. bush says he will only stay if the new Iraqi leaders agree. Well guess what the new Iraqi leaders are going to be put in place by the U.S. so guess the way they are going.

 

[kayaman+]

Grantt,

Not all Americans are scum bags. I hate the little tyrant presently in the white house and did not at all support the war.

You're Canadian right, I doubt you would agree that all Canadians are dopy, nerdy, and say "AAA.." between chewing donuts and swigging beer. That's sometimes an impression we get though. Remember not to generalize.

 

[DirkDigAlert]

Grantx2...

How can you live with so much hate inside you?

How your parents put up with you, under the same roof, I'll never know.

 

>How can you live with so much hate inside you?

Haven't you noticed? Most Liberals are hateful and are always mad... They never have anything positive to say.

 

[DirkDigAlert]

Come on Frank, don't generalize.

Back in college, I was spanking this little liberal girl...she was a reporter for the school paper. Real wack job. I called her Callie the Commie. We never agreed on ANYTHING political.

But she was full of fun, always in a great mood, and fvcked like a crazed monkey.

Not ALL liberals are bad.

 

[kayaman+]

"Most Liberals are hateful and are always mad... They never have anything positive to say."

Don't know where you get this but just look at this forum a lot more insults and negativity come from the right. Look at Ken Starr, all that time chasing Clinton there's some bottled up negativity for you. Look at Bush2's passion for the death penality, his relentless will to have a war while in office, the need Reagan had to prolong the civil war in Nicaragua. Bush2 gets angry every time the press asks him a question he can't answer. Conservatives support capital punishment, you really can't get any more hateful than that.