The policy is, always was, and in the minds of the Bush cabal will always will be, to occupy Iraq indefinitely while we install 14 permanent military bases, where they have absolutely no business of the Iraqi people to be there. And until they are absolutely forced to do otherwise that is where they will stay, which is what is precisely meant by Bush's recent rejection of any kind of "graceful exit."
The SECRET Plan
To Stay In Iraq
PeaceTeam.net
12-7-6
Since the US army has no control, provides no security, and does not know who it is fighting, US troops simply provide targets for insurgents. They are accomplishing nothing positive and should be withdrawn. US troops in Iraq serve one purpose: They are a provocation that foments Islamic extremism and creates dangerous instability throughout the Middle East.
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
"I listen to all voices, but mine is the final decision."
George W. Bush
April 18, 2006
“We will act in a timely fashion”.
December 6, 2006
George W. Bush
A September opinion poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org showed that 71 per cent of Iraqis want the U.S. out of Iraq within a year.
“As part of an aggressive prewar covert action program--codenamed Anabasis (after an ancient text about a botched invasion of Babylon)--the CIA was authorized by the White House in the winter of 2002 to blow up targets in Iraq and engage in "direct action" (an agency euphemism for assassination) to weaken Saddam's regime and to prepare for his ouster by the U.S. military. For Anabasis, the agency smuggled Iraqi exiles to a top-secret site in the Nevada desert and trained them in sabotage and explosives. The Iraqi force, known as the Scorpions, was being trained to seize an isolated Iraqi military post-in order to create a provocation that could trigger a war with Iraq.”
[From The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff and David Corn]
***
They are addicted to obfuscation.
They are drunk on power.
They are hooked on a war for peace and their nationalinterests.
They will try to change their behavior.
(But it’s tough)
They’re not winning, and they’re not losing.
But the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.
(All options have to stay on the table).
The ship of state has hit rough waters.
It must now chart a new way forward.
(They will stand down when they can stand up)
But they do not recommend a stay-the-course solution.
(They used to be there to spread democracy; now they’re in a new phase)
They are starting a new way forward.
(They will not leave until they win...they will not go until the job is done)
If they don’t complete the mission there will be regional cataclysm and chaos.
There will be, for quite some time, a robust American force presence, both in Iraq and in the region, because of our interest in preventing just such a result and also because of our national security interests in the region.
You cannot solve this problem by dealing with the military problem.
You cannot solve this problem by dealing with the economic reconstruction problem.
You cannot solve this problem by dealing with the political problems in Iraq.
It's too far along the way for that.
THEN WHAT IN HELL will the Long War President do next?
The room is spinning.
The sky is falling.
Where are we?
Who are we?
Who’s our daddy?
They won't be here when they’re dead.
The war will still be going on long after they’re dead and gone.
Let others worry about my war when I'm dead and gone.
Victory!
Victory!
Victory!
IT'S THE OIL STUPID!
***
"People in South Carolina come up to me in increasing numbers and suggest that no matter what we do in Iraq, the Iraqis are incapable of solving their own problems through the political process and will resort to violence, and we need to get the hell out of there."
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.)
"We should put the responsibility for Iraq's future squarely where it belongs ---on the Iraqis. We cannot save the Iraqis from themselves."
Senator Carl M. Levin
"If the Iraqis are determined and decide to destroy themselves and their country, I don't know how in the world we're going to stop them."
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.)
"No more coddling of Iraqis.”
Sen. Barak Obama
The SECRET Plan
To Stay In Iraq
PeaceTeam.net
12-7-6
Since the US army has no control, provides no security, and does not know who it is fighting, US troops simply provide targets for insurgents. They are accomplishing nothing positive and should be withdrawn. US troops in Iraq serve one purpose: They are a provocation that foments Islamic extremism and creates dangerous instability throughout the Middle East.
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
"I listen to all voices, but mine is the final decision."
George W. Bush
April 18, 2006
“We will act in a timely fashion”.
December 6, 2006
George W. Bush
A September opinion poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org showed that 71 per cent of Iraqis want the U.S. out of Iraq within a year.
“As part of an aggressive prewar covert action program--codenamed Anabasis (after an ancient text about a botched invasion of Babylon)--the CIA was authorized by the White House in the winter of 2002 to blow up targets in Iraq and engage in "direct action" (an agency euphemism for assassination) to weaken Saddam's regime and to prepare for his ouster by the U.S. military. For Anabasis, the agency smuggled Iraqi exiles to a top-secret site in the Nevada desert and trained them in sabotage and explosives. The Iraqi force, known as the Scorpions, was being trained to seize an isolated Iraqi military post-in order to create a provocation that could trigger a war with Iraq.”
[From The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff and David Corn]
***
They are addicted to obfuscation.
They are drunk on power.
They are hooked on a war for peace and their nationalinterests.
They will try to change their behavior.
(But it’s tough)
They’re not winning, and they’re not losing.
But the situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.
(All options have to stay on the table).
The ship of state has hit rough waters.
It must now chart a new way forward.
(They will stand down when they can stand up)
But they do not recommend a stay-the-course solution.
(They used to be there to spread democracy; now they’re in a new phase)
They are starting a new way forward.
(They will not leave until they win...they will not go until the job is done)
If they don’t complete the mission there will be regional cataclysm and chaos.
There will be, for quite some time, a robust American force presence, both in Iraq and in the region, because of our interest in preventing just such a result and also because of our national security interests in the region.
You cannot solve this problem by dealing with the military problem.
You cannot solve this problem by dealing with the economic reconstruction problem.
You cannot solve this problem by dealing with the political problems in Iraq.
It's too far along the way for that.
THEN WHAT IN HELL will the Long War President do next?
The room is spinning.
The sky is falling.
Where are we?
Who are we?
Who’s our daddy?
They won't be here when they’re dead.
The war will still be going on long after they’re dead and gone.
Let others worry about my war when I'm dead and gone.
Victory!
Victory!
Victory!
IT'S THE OIL STUPID!
***
"People in South Carolina come up to me in increasing numbers and suggest that no matter what we do in Iraq, the Iraqis are incapable of solving their own problems through the political process and will resort to violence, and we need to get the hell out of there."
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.)
"We should put the responsibility for Iraq's future squarely where it belongs ---on the Iraqis. We cannot save the Iraqis from themselves."
Senator Carl M. Levin
"If the Iraqis are determined and decide to destroy themselves and their country, I don't know how in the world we're going to stop them."
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.)
"No more coddling of Iraqis.”
Sen. Barak Obama
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