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President George W. Bush acknowledged the United States would seek a military presence in Iraq for "years" but pledged in an interview aired Sunday that he would not establish permanent bases.
Bush brushed aside concerns expressed by critics that a Status of Forces Agreement Washington is discussing with the Baghdad goverment would commit future US presidents to a long-term deployment in Iraq.
Well with only a year before he is kicked out, he will let McCain, Obama, and Clinton to establish a base their... then he can say... it wasn't my fault... "I had no intentions to put a base there"... its like the "I did not have sex" or "I did not inhale" arguments...
Uhm as a Soldier that has been there, we have them.. Ok In Kuwait, not Iraq. They have Burger Kings, and Commersaries, and PX/BX's.. and all that... no different than base/post we have in Korea... heck I think they are nicer.
President George W. Bush acknowledged the United States would seek a military presence in Iraq for "years" but pledged in an interview aired Sunday that he would not establish permanent bases.
Bush brushed aside concerns expressed by critics that a Status of Forces Agreement Washington is discussing with the Baghdad goverment would commit future US presidents to a long-term deployment in Iraq.
Don't get too excited as mentioned above, as the language used by this administration is clear obfuscation as their actions say otherwise.
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The supplemental funding bill for the war in Iraq signed by President Bush in early May 2005 provides money for the construction of bases for U.S. forces that are described as "in some very limited cases, permanent facilities." Several recent press reports have suggested the U.S. is planning up to 14 permanent bases in Iraq— a country that is only twice the size of the state of Idaho. Why is the U.S. building permanent bases in Iraq?
America has no intention of leaving Iraq in the next decade. As to what level of occupation will remain is anyone in the publics guess, but it is clear in the governments actions that they plan to be in Iraq, in numbers, for a very long time.
1 Graham, Bradley, "Commander's Plan Eventual Consolidation of U.S. Bases in Iraq," May 22, 2005, p A27
2 Shanker, Thom and Eric Smith. "Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Iraq." New York Times. April 20, 2003.
3 Spolar, Christine. "14 'Enduring Bases' Set for Iraq." Chicago Tribune. March 23, 2004.
4 Information on Iraq bases is from GlobalSecurity.org. More information is available at: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/iraq-intro.htm. (broken link) Used with permission.
Uhm as a Soldier that has been there, we have them.. Ok In Kuwait, not Iraq. They have Burger Kings, and Commersaries, and PX/BX's.. and all that... no different than base/post we have in Korea... heck I think they are nicer.
But, service members going off base in Kuwait is not encouraged and, when they do, they must be escorted. AND, if it is a female service member, going off base is really not too nice -
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