“Iraqis may offer US deal to stay longer”
Snipped from News.Yahoo.com.
Well, hell has … well, gotten hotter. The dragon has reared its ugly head, and the shit has hit the fan. There. If you are a liberal, don’t read this as it will make your appendix burst. If you are a neo-conservative then get out the champagne. And if you are with me, the few middle grounder’s (or libertarians), we just need a second to morn the loss of our governments sanity.
Now that I got that out of my mouth, news of the Iraqi government making plans with the US to install a permanent base in Iraq as now surfaced. “Make no mistake: this is Nouri al-Maliki offering the U.S. a permanent presence in return for guaranteeing the security of his government…. In exchange for a platform for the indefinite projection of American power throughout the Middle East, the Bush Administration probably considers protection for Maliki and his coterie to be a small price to pay.” Says Spencer Ackerman.
Here is a small portion of the article:
The Iraqi officials said that under the proposed formula, Iraq would get full responsibility for internal security and U.S. troops would relocate to bases outside the cities. Iraqi officials foresee a long-term presence of about 50,000 U.S. troops, down from the current figure of more than 160,000.
Haidar al-Abadi, a senior Dawa member of al-Maliki’s Dawa party, told Alhurra television that the prime minister would write parliament in the next few days to tell lawmakers that his government would seek the renewal of the U.N. mandate for “one last time.”
Al-Abadi said the Iraqi government would make the renewal conditional on ending all U.N.-mandated restrictions on Iraq’s sovereignty.
The Iraqi target date for a bilateral agreement on the new relationship would be July, when the U.S. intends to finish withdrawing the five combat brigades sent in 2007 by President Bush as part of the troop buildup that has helped curb sectarian violence.
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One just knew we’d be there indefinitely, the only surprise is the invitation from the Iraqis. Soon U.S. interests can come into the country and reap big bucks, very big bucks.
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But wait for all these years Bush has claimed he he has no intentions of building bases in Iraq. He would never lie about something that important, would he?
Bush is a man of God, and they never lie. So we are good … right?
UPDATE: Iraq says f___ you to permanent American bases
Ok so the original headline might have been slightly different, anyway good for them. Now just wait and see how long until Iraq has a new national security adviser, and if that is due to resigning or failure to not get killed.
Thanks for the heads up. Only time will tell.
To stay, like forever, in Iraq requires a treaty between us and them. A treaty that’s ratified by Congress. Guess what, without any fanfare, it’s a done deal. And Bush and company don’t want to call attention to what’s been done just recently. We will be in Iraq on a long term basis. The agreement has been signed. The Iraqis are calling it a treaty; Bush’s lawyers are calling it some kind of ordinary deal that doesn’t count as a treaty, per se, so say the administration’s legal brains, to avoid bringing a treaty before Congress and Congress’ lack of approval. The same guys who redefined torture as not really torture. The same legal minds who twist the legal phrasing so in order for Bush to do anything he wants. The lawyers have also found a way around the law not to build permanent bases. Just prove a landing strip and hangers is a permanent base! This legal-word-for-word stuff reminds me of “Animal Farm.”
Surprised? No, it was evident from day one that we would be there (to protect Iraq internally and from attack from outside its borders:) So now the American fat cats can bid to rebuild the country and steal the oil as now they have our American troops to protect them. It was all about the oil money all along. Wasn’t it?
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