US general maps out strategic refit

[spindrifter]

for Iraq, Middle East and Asia

· Number of troops 'may be contributing to instability'
· Public profile of ground forces to be lowered

Richard Norton-Taylor
Tuesday February 7, 2006

A senior US officer admitted yesterday that the presence of more than 300,000 foreign troops in the Middle East, most of them American, was a "contributory factor" to instability in the region.
The admission was made by Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt - a key strategist in the US central command covering the Middle East - as he spelled out the American military's plan to "reposture" its forces over an area stretching from Egypt in the west to Pakistan in the east, and from Kazakhstan in the north to Uganda in the south.

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Although he said the US would not keep permanent military bases inside Iraq, Brig Gen Kimmitt made clear it would retain assets and enough forces nearby to protect its interests there.

He suggested that the US had learned from past mistakes and that in future it would be "more sensitive to culture" of the people who lived in the Middle East.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1703970,00.html

[Doctor_J]

1. Learned from past mistakes?

* hasn't made any mistakes, just ask him.

[spindrifter]

2. Bushco isn't even sensitive

to the cultures of the people who are in the U.S.

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Keep forces to protect its interest there?

Oh maybe Middle East oil belongs to US...... geee will it end at all.
Just buy it hey.
You try using guns and bomb then everyone with need will follow same direction.
FUBAR will be the result.