The Trick Is on US - By Gary Hart

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The Trick Is on US
READ MORE: Iraq, 2006, George W. Bush

A few weeks ago, I published an opinion piece entitled "And Now for Their Next Trick." The piece predicted that a new Iraqi government, more or less picked by the U.S., would invite the U.S. to stay in Iraq as a stabilizing force and that we were constructing permanent military bases for this purpose, all in accordance with the original neoconservative/imperial agenda in the Middle East.


I have been pleading with the American press corps for months to ask the Bush administration one simple question, a question designed to expose our true agenda: "Are we, or are we not, constructing permanent military bases in Iraq?" Full stop.

Finally, this from Gen. John Abizaid, our senior military commander in Iraq: The United States may want to keep a long-term military presence in Iraq to bolster moderates against extremists in the region and to protect the flow of oil. (source: Reuters, March 15, 2006)

Despite recent assurances that we were going to withdraw our military from Iraq as soon as we "stand up" the Iraqi military, President Bush stated a few days ago that his legacy to his successor was the Iraqi war.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/the-trick-is-on-us_b_18261.html

[Minnesota Libra]

1. Did anyone doubt permanent bases from day one? Now they admit.......

....it and expect everyone to agree and keep saying, "Oh yea, good idea, those Iraqis need us there." Of course all that oil is going for reconstruction too!!:sarcasm: