"US 'Planning to Keep 50,000 Troops in Iraq for Many Years'"

[GreenPartyVoter]

America plans to retain a garrison of 50,000 troops, one tenth of its entire army, in Iraq for years to come, according to US media reports.

The revelation came as George W Bush summoned his top political, military and intelligence aides to a summit on Iraq's future today at the presidential retreat at Camp David.

The meeting marks the highest profile discussion of Iraq's future so far, and reflects the Bush administration's determination to exploit the two most promising developments in Iraq for many months - the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qa'eda in Iraq, and the completion of the first permanent post-war cabinet.

Mr Bush said the meeting would decide "how to best deploy America's resources in Iraq and achieve our shared goal of an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself".

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0612-02.htm

[misternormal]

1. We knew there would be permanent bases in Iraq from the beginning n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. WE did.. but nto the RW voters

[leftchick]

6. oh yes they do!

my RW lunatic relatives believe this is a great idea! To protect our "oil interests" and spread democracy by gunpoint!

:puke:

[Name removed]

8. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[misternormal]

10. My daughter still has 5 months left in Iraq...

Bring her home NOW !!!

[Jara sang]

3. Bush thinks he can pull a Korea.

The problem with that is the North Koreans aren't shooting at and blowing up the troops in Korea.

[babylonsister]

4. This could all change the minute we get rid of the cabal, too.

Everything dimson touches will likely be changed...for the better, I might add.

[Jim Warren]

5. The Long War

Permanent bases in Iraq has been the beachhead plan, so to speak, all along. The neocons agenda is the overtaking and control of the whole MiddleEast.

[Democrats_win]

7. Time for a constitutional amendment: no deployments without war declared.

They can whine about isolationism, but the American character has been poisoned by hate. We have no business telling other nations what to do when our nation is so FUBAR.

[coalition_unwilling]

9. This just in: Hitler plans to maintain forces at Stalingrad

for 1,000 years :)

[maxsolomon]

11. for as long as it takes to git our oil out of their sand

o jebus, why did you put the oil so far from our freedom loving leaf blowers & jet skis?

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. That's a lie.

Some of them will have to move into Iran at some point. I suppose if you want to pick nits, that they can maintain that number in Iraq, and just sent other troops into Iran.