It's not the US troops' fault that there is violence in Iraq after all...
And... It surely isn't the Iranians who want the US to remain in Iraq as Murtha wrongly suggests in this interview with Face the Nation here:
"Let me tell you, the only people who want us in Iraq is Iran and al-Qaeda. I’ve talked to a top-level commander the other day, it was about two weeks ago, and he said China wants us there also."In fact... The Iraqis want the US to stay in Iraq...
And... They said so this week!
Iraqi News website Voices of Iraq (Aswat al-Iraq) and Pat Dollard are reporting that the Iraqis not only want the US to stay in Iraq today, but that they want permanent US bases!
Baghdad, Aug 30, (VOI)- Iraqi Foreign Minster Hoshyar Zibari said on Thursday an expanded conference for Iraq’s neighboring countries is to convene in Baghdad in early September, unveiling that Iraq is seeking a long-term security agreement with the U.S. next year once the U.N. mandate given to the Multi-National Forces’ presence in the country was over. Iraq wants to establish a long-term U.S. military presence many years into the future, likely to include permanent bases.Hat Tip BG
“Iraq is currently making preparations for a meeting that will include Iraq’s neighbors, U.N. Security Council permanent members and G8 on the experts’ level during the first week of September in Baghdad,” Hoshyar Zibari told a news conference today in Baghdad.
The Iraqi minister stressed that the meeting is expected to review the points implemented by the three work committees set up by the Sharm al-Sheikh conference held in May in the fields of energy, security and Iraqi refugees.
“The conference is also to discuss the preparations for the ministerial conference scheduled in Istanbul,” Zibari told reporters.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi Foreign Minister unveiled that Iraq “is seeking the signatory of a long-term security agreement with the U.S. next year once the U.N. mandate given to the presence of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq was over.”
Minister Zibari noted that the agreement recently reached among the Iraqi political leaders included a clause indicating the readiness of the Iraqi government to have a long-term partnership with the U.S. in security.
It looks like it's not just the "cold-blooded" Haditha case that is falling apart on the antiwar democrat.
Related... Katie Couric reports good news from Iraq(?)
Via Glenn Reynolds.
Leaving iraq is equal to doubling the size of Iran. Is that really in the interest of the world or the U.S.? Why can't they stop their immoral rhetoric?
ReplyDelete"Let me tell you, the only people who want us in Iraq is Iran and al-Qaeda. I’ve talked to a top-level commander the other day, it was about two weeks ago, and he said China wants us there also."
ReplyDeleteIn the unedited version he further goes on to say....,"and the Green Bay Packers want us there, the aliens from planet Murgatroid Prime, who visit my house on holiday weekends, want us there, Bugs Bunny wants us there, Little Richard wants us there, all manner of Joos want us there, that Mindfreak guy wants us there.....blah blah bibble bibble..."
I believe that was the FULL quote from Murtha, but they edited the last part out, obviously.
Ha...glad they finally caught up to my prediction that there would be permanent bases in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteActually what I said was that there would be "at least 4 Megabases built in Iraq"
The fact that I said this back in 05 and 06, garnered me much ridicule.
Even ol' rednecks can be right once in a while.
Yea, I know, they ain't built yet, but they will be.
Papa Ray
West Texas
USA
Funny how Murtha seems to have forgot why there is still a huge Marine base in Okinawa or still a relatively large US Army and Air Force presense in Germany...
ReplyDeleteHow long has WWII been over now?
Why did and why still are there American troops in both countries?
We may trade with both China and Russia but they aren't our friends...
I can see why the logic of having continuous presense of US troops in Iraq is a good thing...
I'm guessing the ACLU agrees with Murtha even though they have both been shown to be delusional, seditious America haters...
Thats not a fair comparison, no Germans have fired at US troops since 1945, there is no way you can guarantee the safety of the US military in this way in Iraq.
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ReplyDelete>Thats not a fair comparison, no Germans have fired at US troops since 1945, there is no way you can guarantee the safety of the US military in this way in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteThe point of the military is not to be safe. The reason it exists is to fight our enemies and protect our friends.
The fact that no Germans have fired on our forces only begs the question of why we have forces in Germany. We should only be sending our forces where they will be fired upon. If it's a place they would be welcomed with open arms by everybody and there are no enemies, that's when we send tourists instead.