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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:31 PM
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Dahr Jamail: "Iraq: Permanent U.S. Colony"
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 05:42 PM by Hissyspit
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031306A.shtml

Iraq: Permanent US Colony
By Dahr Jamail
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Tuesday 14 March 2006

Why does the Bush Administration refuse to discuss withdrawing occupation forces from Iraq? Why is Halliburton, who landed the no-bid contracts to construct and maintain US military bases in Iraq, posting higher profits than ever before in its 86-year history? Why do these bases in Iraq resemble self-contained cities as much as military outposts?

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General Pace also praised the Iraqi military, saying, "Now there are over 100 battalions in the field." Wow! General Pace must have waved his magic wand and materialized all these 99 new Iraqi battalions that are diligently keeping things safe and secure in occupied Iraq. Because according to the top US general in Iraq, General George Casey, not long ago there was only one Iraqi battalion (about 500-600 soldiers) capable of fighting on its own in Iraq.

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Goff adds, "That dip-shit is saying he has 60,000 trained and disciplined people under arms ... 65,000 with all the staffs ... and almost 100,000 with the support units they would require. To train and oversee them would require thousands of American advisors. It must suck for a career Marine to be used so blatantly as a PR flak."

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Further discrediting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Goff said, "To train 99 since last September is a claim only the average American might swallow. The right question to ask is, where are they? Where are they headquartered, and where are they in operation? Claiming operations security doesn't count, unless they believe they can hide 100 units of 600 people each in Iraq ... from other Iraqis ... who are often related to them."

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grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:33 PM
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1. wow, must read
This guy says the story about us having "stood up" 100 battalions is utter BS.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:37 PM
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2. Yeah, I thought so, too.
Of course it's bullshit.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:43 PM
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3. Gist of the theme: "There's a good reason why Pace and others are busy..."
"spewing smoke - it's to hide the fact that there are no plans to leave Iraq."
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:46 PM
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4. Thesis conclusion: "Empire."
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 05:12 AM
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12. Duh?
We knew this didn't we. It won't work despite Bushco's plans.
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SongOfTheRayne Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:47 PM
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5. somebody warned me about this when i was on vacation...
back in the summer. they were handing out pamphlets and such and i didn't really believe them. T_T I believe it now, though...
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:50 PM
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6. Why would this administration NOT be doing it?
...if you think about it. Got to protect all that oil we've been fighting for.
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SongOfTheRayne Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:51 PM
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7. i know. i said i believe it now.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:53 PM
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8. Belated welcome to DU, by the way.
:toast: If I didn't do it before.
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SongOfTheRayne Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:56 PM
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9. thanks. :)
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 05:56 PM
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10. Not if the Iraqi people have anything to say about it.
And, the efforts to shut them up aren't going so well.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 04:55 AM
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11. kick
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 05:21 AM
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13. Finally someone who calls it what it is.
I tell you, the colonial age never ended.
It's just that military colonization is getting rare, these days usually it's economic colonization. (Though there's certainly no lack of military interventions in the quest for economic colonization.)
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 05:42 AM
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14. Victory is the only option.
WTF does that entail?


"The terrorists want to control the oil. Our way of life will be at risk". George W. Bush (Nov. 2005)

The Brits colonized Iraq and gave up after 20 years and now they are back with the USA. Iraqis as the Vietnamese will never allow themselves to be colonized forever.
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