At 07:33 AM 3/9/2004 -0800 Matt Grimaldi wrote:
>Has anyone considered that the U.S. wants to have the
>ability to project power in that region, and that the
>enironment for doing so from bases in Saudi Arabia is
>taking a turn for the worse. Regardless of how the
>Iraqi government shapes up, we will have to maintain
>forces in Iraq to "help defend their borders" for a
>long time to come. How convienent...
Raises hand! Yes, in fact I have specifically cited the above as a
reasonable justification for the war.
JDG - But who also thinks that if once Iraq gets going their democratically
elected Legislature asks us to leave that the US will oblige them....
especially since our bases in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman are
ultimately sufficient for our needs.
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