Why the hell do we still have 150,000 soldiers in Iraq?

I mean come on? Whats the real reason people?

We are needed for security.

Even after a year and and an election and countless other countries pulling out their own troops? Even after the hand picked US puppet Iraqi president was "elected"?


Have troop levels even decreased since the begin of the war?

slowly scale down?

an expanded war/occupation/control over the Middle East.

...the bombing of Iran this June

and none of them want to come home.....

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what else - !!

Guarding the oil. Getting ready, once Iraqi govt troops are guarding the oil, to invade Syria or Iran, or Saudi Arabia, if the PNAC are having a real hissie fit. They ain't coming home soon. They are the American Imperial Legion, and they will do 16 year stretches.

The only thing that will get them home is to come back stateside and train the draftees.

or until the Shi'tes decide that they will leave
or the oil is depleted or the funds for their stay are cut off. The cut off is the least likely scenerio.

Other than that, a little sunbathing, shooting dogs, shooting civilians, insulting the populace, and being interviewed.

Why weren't more people out protesting this past weekend?

sales contracts sold yet. If we leave, you can bet no oil will be coming this way if the real Iraqis have anything to say about it. Plus, we still have money in the treasury that can go to Hallibuton.

Also, if we pull out, we will no longer have a "war president" and someone might notice he's a complete idiot.

that will remain indefinitely.Soon the rational will shift to the need to keep them there to provide stability to the ME. I honestly don't see how we will be able to pay for this in the long run.

And subdueing it's citizens through violent pacification.

We need more napalm.

A PNAC hit.

We have to protect OUR oil interests.

LOL!

Which is not to say it's a great post. Thanks for posting it.

Americans do not understand that ALL foreign policy is conducted to benefit corporate interests ... because the Democratic Party refuses to push this essential truth, it becomes very easy for the neo-con right to peddle their nonsense about protecting Americans from "the terrorists" and promoting democracy for the Iraqis ...

too many Americans lack the context on which to decide right from wrong ... if the "opposition party" fails to provide that context, too often the cause of war can be justified when it is in fact corrupt and immoral ...

and not only doesn't the Democratic Party provide the necessary context for Americans to understand the true motivations for war, but far too many of them vote to support and fund the war ...

why the hell do we still have 150,000 soldiers in Iraq? ... that's easy ... both parties are supporting the policy that put them there ...

"Mission Not yet Accomplished"

Flip-flop.

of the Iraqi Army. We have no choice. Even the UN has to be there. Canadians who skipped the war because we found the intelligence Bush shared as "not conforming to any previously known pattern of intelligence" - even we will send experts to train the Iraqi army. Has to be done.