Gates warns US plans to maintain presence in Iraq area 'for decades'

[Bluebear]

The US is ready to defend its interests in the Middle East for decades to come, even though the Iraq war has been tougher than expected, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.

Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged his followers Friday to oppose occupying troops, raising the pressure on US-backed Iraqi forces conducting a security crackdown in Baghdad.

Gates was speaking at a ceremony where Admiral William Fallon was formally installed as the new head of US Central Command, putting him in charge of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=80553

[LiberalEsto]

1. And when the oil runs out,

we're out, naturally.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Bullshit! If we are not kicked out, economics will force us out within 5 years.

In the interim, the New World Order will be more fully realized as the fat cat corporations from the Military Industrial Complex will have GUTTED our Treasury of YOUR and MY hard earned tax dollars. :grr:

[kimmerspixelated]

4. Don't you mean...

BUSH-IT!!???

[Skink]

3. Finally some truth coming form this admin.

[peacetalksforall]

5. That means that all the children of Bush supporters who are now

about 13 to 16 can be assured that they too can be soldiers for their defender against terror, Kg. Bush.