Some Dumb Questions About A Possible Iraq Pullout.......

[global1]

1. What happens to all those permanent bases we were building?
2. What happens to the Green Zone and the biggest/securest embassy we were building?
3. What happens to Chalabi? By the way - where is he and who is protecting him?
4. What happens to the oil?
5. What happens to Saddam? As far as I know his case is in appeal. If we pullout is it possible that he would get off?
6. What about all that money we spent and misplaced there?
7. What about all the ammunitions and weapons cache's - will we destroy them first or just leave them?
8. Will all our military that have lost their lives there have lost their lives in vain?
9. What about *'s legacy?
10. Will the Hague be busy after the pullout?
11. Where will *'s library be built?
12. Will the *'s twins live a good life after he's gone?


I'm sure I can think up many additional questions - but these seem to be the most pressing.

[HereSince1628]

1. MHO...

1. We keep the bases
2. We keep Fortress Bahgdad
3. We keep Chalabi and his staff to work for the liberation of Iran.
4. The Big Majors privatize Iraq's oil.
5. Saddam gets hung or beheaded.
6. The money we spent has already filled the coffers of the wealthy expect little trickle down
7. The ammunition and weapons get handed over to the puppet gov't, as does most of the worn out equipment.
8. The military never die in vain...they always die in service to the politicians that control them
9. Bush's name will join "Hoover," "Mudd," and "Benedict Arnold" as a derogatory adjective.
10. The Hague will always be busy
11. Bush library will be in be in the hands of special prosecutors
12. The twins are in training to follow in their father's footsteps, they are now on the young and foolish stage known for drunkeness, meth and cocaine.

[Divernan]

2. RE: # 8, answer is and has from the get-go been YES!

Most of your questions are quite valid, but #8 is "dumb", to use your term. When a superpower, without any legitimate justification, invades a basically impoverished and minimally defended third world country (or even a well-defended, "first world" country), all the superpower's military who die have lost their lives in vain. Vain is a good descriptive term - in Iraq people on both sides are dying because of the Bush administration's vanity, hubris, racism & greed.

[Divernan]

3. Sorry - dupe

Don't know how THAT happened!

[cassiepriam]

4. BushCo gets all the good stuff. The rest of us get the bad stuff.

Haven't you been paying attention to how the system works?? :(

[On the Road]

5. Colonial Powers Always Give Back the Infrastructure They've Built

and the quislings sometimes follow their benefactors back to the host country when they feel the heat.

[TheWraith]

6. Answers

1. What happens to all those permanent bases we were building?

Whatever buildings there are at our bases would likely be abandoned or left to the Iraqi army, such as it is.

2. What happens to the Green Zone and the biggest/securest embassy we were building?

Abandoned, again to the Iraqi army.

3. What happens to Chalabi? By the way - where is he and who is protecting him?

No idea where he is, but last time I heard he was getting buddy buddy with Moqtada al-Sadr, so that's probably where you'll find him.

4. What happens to the oil?

Free-for-all. It depends on what kind of social structure would show up after we left.

5. What happens to Saddam? As far as I know his case is in appeal. If we pullout is it possible that he would get off?

Actually, I don't think that there is an appeal process. Though I suspect he would be executed before any possible withdrawl.

6. What about all that money we spent and misplaced there?

Gone.

7. What about all the ammunitions and weapons cache's - will we destroy them first or just leave them?

They would be hauled out with us.

8. Will all our military that have lost their lives there have lost their lives in vain?

Yes.

9. What about *'s legacy?

Other than a failed war?

10. Will the Hague be busy after the pullout?

No.

11. Where will *'s library be built?

I think they have a site in Houston planned.

12. Will the *'s twins live a good life after he's gone?

Of course.