The largest foreign US military base built since Vietnam
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506J.shtml
Supporting Our Troops Over a Cliff
"We can't pretend we don't know this is happening. It's happening in broad daylight. We know that 'as the Iraqis stand up, we'll stand down' is fiction, not reality." Frank Rich writes, "We know from the Pentagon's own report to Congress last week that attacks on Americans and Iraqis alike are at their highest since American commanders started keeping count in 2004. We know that even as coalition partners like Italy and South Korea bail out, we are planning an indefinite stay of undefined parameters: the 104-acre embassy complex rising in the Green Zone is the largest in the world, and the Decider himself has said that it's up to "future presidents and future governments of Iraq" to decide our exit strategy.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506L.shtml
Supporting Our Troops Over a Cliff
"We can't pretend we don't know this is happening. It's happening in broad daylight. We know that 'as the Iraqis stand up, we'll stand down' is fiction, not reality." Frank Rich writes, "We know from the Pentagon's own report to Congress last week that attacks on Americans and Iraqis alike are at their highest since American commanders started keeping count in 2004. We know that even as coalition partners like Italy and South Korea bail out, we are planning an indefinite stay of undefined parameters: the 104-acre embassy complex rising in the Green Zone is the largest in the world, and the Decider himself has said that it's up to "future presidents and future governments of Iraq" to decide our exit strategy.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506L.shtml
rudkla - 5. Jun, 22:16
