Obama's troop withdrawal from Iraq by August 2010

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The US Mass Media working in tandem with the US President to redirect something?

 

Never!

[jimmy.]

Thanks for posting this. The Real News is some of the best independent media I've seen in the US.

 

I wonder how he's going to backtrack from the pledge of "no permanent bases in Iraq"? I don't think it's realistic that the US gov't will put billions into bases, just to abandon them after a few years.

 

 

The administration's position was reinforced by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in a Sept. 4, 2009, interview when he was asked by an Al Jazeera reporter whether the Obama administration would stick to its pledge not to build any permanent military bases in Iraq.

 

"Absolutely," Gates said. "Unless there is some new agreement or some new negotiation, which would clearly be on Iraqi terms. But we will not have any permanent bases in Iraq. We have no interest in permanent bases in Iraq. And we are now planning on withdrawing all American military forces by the end of 2011."

 

Lastly, it was a position clearly written into the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 passed by Congress and signed by President Obama on Oct. 28, 2009. Section 1221 states, "No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this Act may be obligated or expended ... to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq."

 

It's a provision that has been included in defense authorization legislation for several years in a row, dating back to the Bush administration.

 

 

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/pr...-bases-in-iraq/

 

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[D- Ice]

Thanks for posting this. The Real News is some of the best independent media I've seen in the US.

 

I wonder how he's going to backtrack from the pledge of "no permanent bases in Iraq"? I don't think it's realistic that the US gov't will put billions into bases, just to abandon them after a few years.

 

 

The administration's position was reinforced by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in a Sept. 4, 2009, interview when he was asked by an Al Jazeera reporter whether the Obama administration would stick to its pledge not to build any permanent military bases in Iraq.

 

"Absolutely," Gates said. "Unless there is some new agreement or some new negotiation, which would clearly be on Iraqi terms. But we will not have any permanent bases in Iraq. We have no interest in permanent bases in Iraq. And we are now planning on withdrawing all American military forces by the end of 2011."

 

Lastly, it was a position clearly written into the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 passed by Congress and signed by President Obama on Oct. 28, 2009. Section 1221 states, "No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this Act may be obligated or expended ... to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq."

 

It's a provision that has been included in defense authorization legislation for several years in a row, dating back to the Bush administration.

 

 

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/pr...-bases-in-iraq/

Nice, thanks for the info and Gates' interview bro.

I'll definately go check The Real News out too - most "independant" media I've been finding just seems as biased and skewed but in the opposite direction of the mass media.

 

Anyway, for your question, I think it is easily possible to withdraw all troops as promised, but retain US military and political presence in the area. Regular troops in bases is the easiest and most straightforward option, and it is true withdrawing them is not what the Administration wants.

They are only trying to prevent opposition from Maliki's Regime (being in turn pressed by Iran) evolving into open political opposition and hostility, which can prove a fiasco to the US's "golden boy" experiment of pro-US democracy in Iraq.

 

From what I heard and think, more proxy forces for US interests will be created (similar to the Contras in South America before, hopefully not as brutal). Currently I think they are supporting Allawi as well as enabling the Awakening Councils, which will in turn act to oppose other proxy forces at play in Iraq.

 

I just hope it doesn't descend into anymore bloodshed - though thankfully I am much luckier than some in that most of my family and myself are outside the country.

 

Take care mate.