The new Iraq Plan sounds downright creepy

[SoCalDem]

Apparently the Iraqi government™ plans to sign a military deal™ with Bushco.. It's supposed to take effect in a "few months"..

The plan is for American soldiers™ to "remain on their bases"..until the Iraqi government "needs" them.

The American troops™ will NOT be "in charge"...but WILL be available for training (how many DECADES does it take to train an Iraqi soldier, anyway?..)

So..... our soldiers will be "confined" to their bases and will only venture out when the Iraqi government calls them to action??

That sounds a lot like they are going to be imprisoned in a foreign/dangerous country..and be "on call" to prop up a puppet government that may topple at any moment..

Remember all the grief that Clinton took during the Kosovo thing, over the POSSIBILITY that US troops "might" have to "take orders" from NATO leaders who were not American?? and now we are eagerly accepting a deal that turns our military into the Iraqi Military Reserve??


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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5il4t9CiUbw9ybapTYug_P1k1TjNQ

Iraq military deal won't tie US hands: State dept

19 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A planned US military accord with Iraq aims to keep security options open rather than tie "the hands of future policy makers" or leave permanent US bases there, a US official said.

State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey sought to dismiss fears that the US administration and President George W. Bush would use the deal to lock the next US leader into an open-ended military commitment in Iraq.

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[oviedodem]

1. How MORONIC can Bush be

He is now literally selling off our miliatary like it's produce.

He began with the STUPID STUPID arms sale to the Saudi's and now this. Well I guess McCain is right; we will be there for like 50-100 years.

Unreal

[old guy]

2. As soon as they try to dismiss these fears

it tells me that that is exactly what their intent is. Crap, I hate these thugs!!

[SpiralHawk]

3. "I call this Operation AWOL. Smirk." - Commander AWOL

"That way, me and Dickie "5 Military Deferments" Cheney and all my republicon homelander chickenawk cronies will be remembered into posteriority. Smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[dysfunctional press]

4. the next president could still cancel the whole deal...

but they won't.

just watch.

[madrchsod]

6. i agree

[malaise]

5. So's the old one

<snip>
An Iraqi police chief has died in an apparent ambush as he toured the site of a blast that had killed at least 34 people in the northern city of Mosul.

Brig Gen Saleh Mohammed Hassan was fleeing the area after gunmen opened fire on his convoy, reports say.

The convoy was hit by an explosion that also killed two other police officers. The cause of the blast is unconfirmed.

More than 200 bystanders were hurt on Wednesday in a huge blast as troops were surrounding a block of flats.

Provincial officials increased the confirmed death toll from 20 on Thursday and said it may rise further.

"Whole families have vanished, there are still people trapped under the rubble," said council chief Hisham al-Hamdani.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7206391.stm