foreigner Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush would like to see a U.S. role in Iraq ultimately similar to that in South Korea Iraq's neighbors have raised concerns about the possibility of the United States maintaining permanent bases in Iraq, and some U.S. lawmakers have said they think the Iraqi insurgency may have been fueled by perceptions the United States wants a permanent presence in the country http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN3041621320070530?pageNumber=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Nice to see a bit of honesty finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiLuk Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 In 24 hours there will be a retraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 By that time the idea will have seeped into and out of Joe Sixpack's head, he will have switched channels a few dozen times and Britney will be in and out of rehab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiLuk Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 I like her hair. Tracy Sheehan has decided to drop out of the antiwar movement, blames it on the liberal democrats who have turned against her (she says). Bush never did agree to meet with her. She said if she had US $25,000 she could get a meeting with Bush, but her son's death was not payment enough to get passed the secret service. Joe sixpack is watching sports channels only so no need to worry about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Sheehan never had a chance really. Too flakey. If the anti-war movement is ever going to get anywhere it needs somebody clean-cut and sensible....like Tony Snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiLuk Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 He talks too much, unlike his predecessor who said the bare minimum. The bush boys are scrambling because they have been saying we'll see if the surge is working when September rolls around. When September comes and goes and nothing has changed a new strategy will emerge. Fellow republicans are threatening to bail out on Bush come September. Could be an interesting time because then the dems will have enough votes for a withdrawal date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Petraeus will probably come up with some kind of feel good report in September and ask for more time. The South Korea analogy is the best they can come up with. I don't know what the permanent bases are supposed to do. Obviously they want to keep as many troops as possible in Iraq but they don't want them to keep getting killed for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreigner Posted May 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 bush does not care about 'dead boys' he intentionally bombed civilians going in .. & the sanctions killed 100s of 1000s over 10 years the us cannot leave the persian gulf with serious consequences to all western societies. what has happened is a lot of very rich people have had all of their family murdered, all of their friend murdered .. their society crushed .. their self worth humbled.. good reasons for 'supply retribution' .. like the Russians are doing with the gas pipeline to western europe. the us needs the draft & 100,000 boys in Iraq for 50 years .. 100 years .. problem is paying for it after the republicans gut the coffers. like steve earl sings about the draft in copper head road .. the white trash go first 'round here. [color:red] any thoughts about why / how we got here?[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Bush obviously doesn't give a shit about the Iraqis. I'm not sure how much he cares about the dead US soldiers. He can always point to the fact that it's a volunteer army. He does care about votes but he said the other day he thinks most Americans support the war. I think it's more a question of most Americans wanting to win. Trouble is nobody knows what 'win' looks like. As to how it got to this point...Bushco thought it would be easy. Get rid of Saddam, install democracy, get that oil flowing. Didn't work like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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