Jim Miklaszeski on MSRNC just said it! A Permanent US Presence in Iraq!

[leftchick]

He was reporting from the pentagon and talking about the 2000 dead and how the Military plans to stick with the Stay the course and build up Iraqi forces so they can "partially" protect themselves. AND... He said, though no one has come right out and said it, that it is obvious the US will have a Permanent Presence in Iraq even after that!

:wow:

The whore media is finally admiting what we have known all along. The US intends to stay in Iraq FOREVER!

Background...

<snip>


Now comes a report in the New York Sun by Eli Lake revealing that the Pentagon is building a permanent military communications system in Iraq, a necessary foundation for any lasting troop presence. The new network will comprise twelve communications towers throughout Iraq, linking Camp Victory in Baghdad to other existing (and future) bases across the country, eventually connecting with US bases in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.

"People need to get realistic and think in terms of our presence being in Iraq for a generation or until democratic stability in the region is reached," Dewey Clarridge, the CIA's former chief of Arab operations (and Iran-contra point man), told the Sun.

The fabled "exit strategy" may be not to exit. Thomas Donnelly, a defense specialist at the American Enterprise Institute, said the new communication system resembles those built in West Germany and the Balkans, places where American troops remain today. "The operational advantages of US bases in Iraq should be obvious for other power-projection missions in the region," Donnelly wrote in an AEI policy paper.

Next time the Bush Administration hints at withdrawing troops, keep these grand plans in mind.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?bid=13&pid=2132

[Extend a Hand]

1. until every last drop

of their oil is 'liberated'

[shadowknows69]

15. Or our soldiers blood is spilled

whichever comes first.

[OneBlueSky]

2. and this comes as a surprise? . . . it's been the plan from Day 1 . . n/t

.

[leftchick]

4. certainly not to me/us

It is a shock that someone on TV said it!

[Loonman]

3. Wow.

It's like Vietnam never happened.

[LibDemAlways]

5. I remember after the chimp declared

"Mission Accomplished" idiots here in knuckle-dragging Ventura County CA festooned huge numbers of oak trees with yellow ribbons in anticipation of a speedy and joyous homecoming. Today the tattered remnants of those ribbons are still around some of those trees.

This was never about WMDs or bringing "freedom" to anybody. It was always about oil, occupation, and neocon imperialism. The media failed utterly in its responibility to inform the American public what these criminals were really up to.

[global1]

6. How Hard Will It Be To Protect Those 12 Communication Towers....

being built? They have target written all over them. Just like the oil wells and pipelines.

[NashVegas]

7. Did Anyone Ever Doubt It?

With all of the hundreds of billions that have been spent, did anyone imagine we would not protect our investment in these oil fields, by force if necessary?

[leftchick]

18. only those of us with critical thinking skills

also from the Nation article I posted. Very few in congress and virtually none in the media have addressed those bases...

<snip>

In his first debate with President Bush, John Kerry made a surprisingly bold assertion about US policy toward Iraq: "I think a critical component of success in Iraq is being able to convince the Iraqis and the Arab world that the United States doesn't have long-term designs on it," Kerry said. "As I understand it, we're building some 14 military bases there now, and some people say they've got a rather permanent concept to them."

Though the media ignored Kerry's statement and failed to do any substantive follow-up research, his comments were well-grounded in reality. On the day of the debate the Christian Science Monitor spotlighted the findings of defense specialist John Pike, whose website, GlobalSecurity.org, located twelve "enduring bases" in Iraq, including satellite photos and names. In March, the Chicago Tribune reported that US engineers were constructing fourteen such long-term encampments--the number Kerry referred to. The New York Times previously placed the number at four.

... It is like a HUGE dirty secret!

[starroute]

8. Dewey Claridge? Oh, great

"People need to get realistic and think in terms of our presence being in Iraq for a generation or until democratic stability in the region is reached," Dewey Clarridge, the CIA's former chief of Arab operations (and Iran-contra point man), told the Sun.

That would, of course, be the Dewey Claridge mentioned in numerous current threads as a military consultant to the INC and likely object of Fitzgerald's scrutiny for his possible involvement in the Niger forgeries.

Not that it means he's wrong about us staying in Iraq forever. He's just not exactly an unbiased witness.

[thebigidea]

9. and that little twit is a permanent presence at the Pentagon

its so appropriate that he reports in front of a gigantic DOD seal - that's all he is, a Pentagon PR flack like Larry-Joe DeRita.

[NNN0LHI]

10. If Miklaszeski knows this why doesn't Senator Levin?

Levin keeps saying we just need a little bit longer and we will be out of Iraq in a jiffy? Someones lying to me. Wonder who it is?

Don

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. I heard him. Like that's a surprise? What else would they

be building permanent military bases for? We've known about their military bases for years. Bastards.

[leftchick]

19. and the blonde news bunny said....

NOTHING! She just nodded... "Okie dokie Jim thank you for that report"! :banghead:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. I think that the permanent bases being built are one of the best hide in

plain sight secrets that is being withheld from the public. A show of hands! How many times have you heard a politician bring them up??? Can't see any hands! There's the answer.......

[lectrobyte]

13. Not really new news...

You may want to read some of the neocon's position papers to get an idea why this is going on:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/index.html

[leftchick]

20. I know that

It is the general population of the USA that is clueless to it. That is why I was shocked to finally see it admitted to in broad daylight by a mediawhore like Mik!

[Just Me]

14. IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!!

We all knew, even BEFORE the Iraq invasion, that the neoconsters' plan was permanent presence!!!

:grr: I get so P-O'd at these so-called reporters who fail to research PNAC, which maps out the administration's foreign policy.

[DURHAM D]

16. Haven't we heard from the beginning that we are building

14 permanent bases in Iraq - the biggest one in western Iraq and mostly underground at a cost of a few billion dollars. Soon after the war started Sey Hersh said we would never occupy the giant underground bunker because we would run out of money and the American public would not have a taste for the occupation. My question was and remains - who gets to use it?

[catmandu57]

17. What they intend to do and reality is a different matter

Remember they intended to roll into Baghdad as conquering herosa with flowers and chocolates and virgins for the command. Didn't happen did it?
It's good to be out in the open however, maybe if john q. hears this they might put two and two together.