At Al Asad alone the US has sunk billions of dollars into facilities and equipment. I suspect that they plan on maintaining a base there.
Yep. We're building permanent bases all over Iraq, so it's clear that we have no intention of leaving. Bush in interviews for his recent biography said that he's "playing at" pushing some troop withdrawals as late as possible so the next Republican candidate will support staying in Iraq.
Amazingly, according to Cheney himself in 1994 (links to video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY), he at least knew that Iraq would be a quagmire. I know Cheney was one who pushed for taking Baghdad in the Gulf war. I don't understand where the pollyanna belief that Iraq would "work out" came from. They knew the facts and chose to ignore them.
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Yep. We're building permanent bases all over Iraq, so it's clear that we have no intention of leaving. Bush in interviews for his recent biography said that he's "playing at" pushing some troop withdrawals as late as possible so the next Republican candidate will support staying in Iraq.
Amazingly, according to Cheney himself in 1994 (links to video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY), he at least knew that Iraq would be a quagmire. I know Cheney was one who pushed for taking Baghdad in the Gulf war. I don't understand where the pollyanna belief that Iraq would "work out" came from. They knew the facts and chose to ignore them.
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