Can we, please?
"Panetta: Iraq will ask for some US troops to stay
WASHINGTON – Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Pentagon, predicted on Thursday that Iraq will ask the United States to keep some American forces in that country beyond year's end, the current departure date.
In wide-ranging testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing, the current CIA director and former Clinton White House budget chief parried questions on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, and addressed concerns that financial pressures will mean deep defense cuts.
Panetta said Moammar Gadhafi's rule in Libya is weakening and Pakistan is a frustrating but crucial ally in the terrorism fight. He offered few specifics, however, on how many of the 100,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be withdrawn beginning in July. He concurred with Obama's promise of a significant drawdown but also said the decision should be "conditions based."
I love the Bushspeak from this administration.
There are currently about 47,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, none in a declared combat role....
But they are still being killed.
Panetta told the Senate Armed Services Committee that there are about 1,000 al-Qaida insurgents in Iraq and the situation is fragile....
Unreal!
Eight years after the American invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, the United States has lost more than 4,400 lives in Iraq, with more than 32,000 wounded. The war has cost billions of dollars....
Has it been worth the lies, America?
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Related: Iraq will ask for some US troops to stay, Panetta says (By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post)
Globe Editorial With or without troops, US has options for keeping Iraq stable
Okay, I would prefer out then.
So what else can they come up with to get us to stick around?
A-ha, got it!
"Iraqi militia claims attack on US troops" June 11, 2011|Associated Press
BAGHDAD — A Shi’ite militia group in Iraq said it was responsible for a deadly attack earlier this week that killed five American troops.
The Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah posted the claim on its website late Thursday....
Wouldn't they be holding their fire so we WOULD LEAVE?
Also see: Occupation Iraq: The Dumbest Terrorists Ever Known
And the newspapers must think we are the dumbest readers ever known.
No wonder they are self-destructing.
And about those websites:
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh and the OSI
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
Oh, right, this is supposed to be Shiite "Al-CIA-Duh," sorry.
Kataib Hezbollah is one of three main Shi’ite militias operating in Iraq. All staunchly oppose the US military presence in Iraq and have vowed to oppose any move for US troops to stay past their expected Dec. 31 departure date....
Then WHY are they HELPING to PROLONG IT?
Also yesterday, about a thousand protesters returned to Baghdad’s Tahrir Square....
And?
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