we don't belong there. we belong HERE. haven't we wreaked enough carnage?Pentagon Making Preparations To Keep Tens Of Thousands Of Troops In Iraq For ‘Decades’
In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee this month, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace uttered a “carefully worded” statement revealing that the Pentagon had no plans to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq if legislation passes Congress mandating troop redeployment:
PACE: Sir, we have published no orders directing the planning for the overall withdrawal of forces. We do have ongoing replacements of forces, and we do change the size of the force over time so that that system is available to either plus-up or draw down, but we have published no orders saying come up with a complete plan for total drawdown.
NPR investigated Pace’s statements and found one scenario being considered within the Pentagon would maintain a strong U.S. military presence in Iraq for several decades into the future..........
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I have been giving Congress some slack over the Iraq issue due to the fact of the egotistical criminal bastard they are dealing with in the White House. But this statement of Pace's was over the top, even with its mildest interpretation, and they need to slap him and Bush down now by cutting off funds.
not only are the NOT going to cut funds, they're NOT going to demand a time table for withdrawal. they should be ashamed of themselves. i'm seething
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