Keep troops in Iraq permanently
Christian Science Monitor
by Daniel Schorr
06/08/07
President Bush used to be fond of saying that American troops would stay in Iraq as long as needed and not a day longer. He isn’t saying that anymore. The new word from the White House is that American troops would be stationed in Iraq permanently on the ‘Korean model.’ The analogy is a little strained. The United States has helped to mend the rift between North and South Korea since 1953. But South Korea has had no internal insurgency to worry about. The plan for permanent bases in Iraq must have been long in the making. The president ignored a recommendation of the Baker-Hamilton Commission that he state that America seeks no permanent bases in Iraq. At one point last year, the Senate and House passed an amendment to the military-spending bill banning the establishment of permanent bases in Iraq. The bill went to conference and then the ban on bases, adopted by both chambers, mysteriously disappeared...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0608/p09s02-cods.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Baker-Hamilton+Commission
by Daniel Schorr
06/08/07
President Bush used to be fond of saying that American troops would stay in Iraq as long as needed and not a day longer. He isn’t saying that anymore. The new word from the White House is that American troops would be stationed in Iraq permanently on the ‘Korean model.’ The analogy is a little strained. The United States has helped to mend the rift between North and South Korea since 1953. But South Korea has had no internal insurgency to worry about. The plan for permanent bases in Iraq must have been long in the making. The president ignored a recommendation of the Baker-Hamilton Commission that he state that America seeks no permanent bases in Iraq. At one point last year, the Senate and House passed an amendment to the military-spending bill banning the establishment of permanent bases in Iraq. The bill went to conference and then the ban on bases, adopted by both chambers, mysteriously disappeared...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0608/p09s02-cods.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Baker-Hamilton+Commission
rudkla - 11. Jun, 15:19
