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To: stockman_scott who wrote (181894)	2/16/2006 8:01:57 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

There are at least four such "super-bases" in Iraq, none of which have anything to do with "withdrawal" from that country. Quite the contrary, these bases are being constructed as little American islands of eternal order in an anarchic sea. Whatever top administration officials and military commanders say -- and they always deny that we seek "permanent" bases in Iraq -- facts on the ground speak with another voice entirely. These bases practically scream "permanency." As opposed to HOW MANY BASES that exist now? We have the IZ (Green Zone), various camps, bases, Forward Operating Bases... As each of the smaller FOBs shuts down and is turned over to the Iraqi army, our forces are redeployed to the bigger bases. But "permanent bases" cannot be interpreted as "we're going to stay in Iraq regardless of whether the Iraqis want us to stay".. But we're also not going to leave until they ask us to leave. Hawk

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