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Leaked: U.S. Plans To Keep 50 Bases In Iraq
By now it’s pretty clear that the U.S. government is incapable of keeping secrets. So not surprisingly, our plans for future involvement in Iraq have been leaked.
Much to the shock and horror of Democrats, the so-called “Strategic Alliance” that President Bush is planning to get signed next month In Baghdad is certainly raising eyebrows.
America currently has 151,000 troops in Iraq and, even after projected withdrawals next month, troop levels will stand at more than 142,000 – 10 000 more than when the military “surge” began in January 2007. Under the terms of the new treaty, the Americans would retain the long-term use of more than 50 bases in Iraq. American negotiators are also demanding immunity from Iraqi law for US troops and contractors, and a free hand to carry out arrests and conduct military activities in Iraq without consulting the Baghdad government.
None of this comes as a shock to me, because the idea that we would lose more than 4,000 soldiers in this adventure and not even keep any bases is unthinkable.
Anywhere in the world that America has waged war, we always keep a base or two or 50. Since we liberated Iraq from Saddam Hussein we are entitled to retain bases.
Secondly, this whole idea that Barack Obama is going to pull troop out of Iraq is truly a fairy tale (to use Bill Clinton’s words). Iraq is just now beginning to have a modest standing army thanks to our training.
They have a “Navy” with maybe 5 or 6 boats that is still in the early stages of training.
They have a militia police force that is barely capable of securing a city block.
They have an “Air Force” that consists of about five C-130 Vietnam era cargo planes provided by the U.S. military.
All these shortcoming are not the fault of the military at all. War planners foolishly failed to prepare for post-war Iraq.
So once the insurgency took off, all of our troops had to be used to improve the security situation instead training the Iraqi military and rebuilding the country.
The Michigan militia is probably more capable of defending itself than Iraq is right now, yet Barack Obama plans to pull out all the troops? Yeah, right! That’s a good line for the campaign trail, but it’s not gonna fly if he actually becomes President.
Say what you want about the decision to invade. The reality now is that we invaded Iraq, toppled the government, liquidated the armed forces, and currently occupy the country.
Like it or not, we have no choice but to put that country back together again and hopefully make it better than it was before.
As difficult as it has been and as difficult as it will continue to be, we have the opportunity to rebuild Iraq in our best interest.
We are gonna drag the Iraqi people kicking and screaming to a brighter future, and the side effect of that will be a safer America.
Having a permanent military presence as we do in South Korea, Japan, and elsewhere will allow us to “lay down the law” in a moments notice anywhere in the Middle East.
With U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Iraq, plus two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, we have Iran completely surrounded.
Someone has to keep order in this crazy world, and unfortunately the U.S. is the only country powerful enough to do it.
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