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2003-05-07 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-05-07 12:48 am|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We put $300m into Puerto Rico's economy (but not for long), how much are our bases going to put into theirs? They can't even come up w/a measly $50 mil? Geez, the ham, perogi & kielbasa (sp) concession alone should be worth about a few mil.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-07 01:51:35|| 2003-05-07 01:51:35|| Front Page Top

#2 No bases if they're this easily puppeted by the frogs. I think it's time for some Rumsfeld straight talk.

Posted by someone 2003-05-07 01:55:27|| 2003-05-07 01:55:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Might this be because they will be soon needed elsewhere? "the US sector would be patrolled by 20,000 troops remaining separate from the 135,000 combat troops already in Iraq"

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-05-07 03:26:40|| [radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentevents/] 2003-05-07 03:26:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah yes the Euro rears its ugly head... I knew this was too good to be true.
I hope my fellow countrymen remember that the EU won't solve their problems. Unless of course you happen to own property on "temporarily occupied German land".

Posted by RW 2003-05-07 03:33:14|| 2003-05-07 03:33:14|| Front Page Top

#5 For those of you - not me - who can't read www.proche-orient.com in French, will be pleased to learn that they now post in English as well.
You need to bookmark that site, if you want to learn something about the Islamofascization of France, that the juvies at www.fuckfrance.com can't understand.

Posted by Anonon 2003-05-07 05:31:00|| 2003-05-07 05:31:00|| Front Page Top

#6 why we want help

1. To put an international face on it - so when bad stuff happens, its not "the American occupiers"

2. Overstretch - we've only got so many divisions. As KF points out, we want 135,000 combat troops in Iraq to put defend from the neighnors, pressure the neighbors, deal with regime remnants, etc. That plus commitments in Afghanistan, the Pacific, and elsewhere, and need for strategic reserve, doesnt leave a lot for peacekeeping.
3. "We dont do peacekeeping" - we want to keep our troops trained and sharp for combat - we dont particularly want the US military to dilute its warrior elan by getting too heavily into the peacekeeping business.

So yeah, its worth it to have others aboard.
And i wouldnt assume its going as badly as the article implies. It is afterall, from Al-Guardian.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-07 09:25:18|| 2003-05-07 09:25:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Evidently, Kimmie's new book is all the rage in new Europe.

Posted by Scott 2003-05-07 09:27:18|| 2003-05-07 09:27:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Good post. Of course the French are putting huge pressure on the Poles. You can be sure that what Chirac said in public re shut up/badly raised is still being said between the Quai d'Orsay and Warsaw.

Any idea how Polish public opinion is on their troops on the ground in Iraq?

Posted by michael 2003-05-07 11:10:46|| 2003-05-07 11:10:46|| Front Page Top

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