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Originally posted by Jakes51
How long do we need to keep these forward operating bases open? Are we to keep the bases open forever?
Originally posted by jd140
They aren't happy we left because they don't like us.
They are happy because our leaving the city is a sign that they are strong enough to deal with the situations on their own.
Try reading the article, nowhere in it did they say anything bad about the US forces or even attempt to might have hinted at it.
Read whole articles not just headlines.
More than six years of U.S. occupation and the orgy of sectarian violence it unleashed have left most Iraqis feeling at best ambivalent about U.S. forces.
Many complain their lives have improved little since then, with daily struggles caused by power cuts and water shortages.
"They did a good job getting rid of that tyrant, Saddam, and we thank them for that, but it's really time for them to leave," said Talib Rasheed, 70, sitting outside in one of Baghdad's leafier suburbs. "Maybe they could leave us some electricity?"
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Jakes51
When have the United States really left any country we have been involved in militarily? I state some examples, Japan and Germany since World War 2 and Korea since the Korean War.
Japan and Germany waged war against the world. They were the instigators of those wars. They LOST the wars and therefore the forces that won the war had the right (and duty) to disarm them and stay to inforce it and to keep watch over them to make sure they didn't arm up again.
Now Japan and Germany want all the GIs there to spend their money and to keep the economy going. Local businesses want the $$$. Now a lot of why we are there are for economic reasons.
In Korea, the USA was invited to stay by the South Koreans in order to keep the Southern half of the country free from the communist Chinese.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by dariousg
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In any case, It's a good day.
Let us not forget though that all nations the US occupied for long time periods have days celebrating their independence, from Japan, and I think even Germany.
Let Iraq follow their paths, becoming a stable nation with much peace.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by spy66
The threat of Iraq making WMD is a big lie.
An estimated 175,000 Kurds in Iraq (depending on which source you use) are dead or went missing duirng the last Saddam years. Survivors tell of WMD attacks. Mass graves attest to the death squads.
Try telling the surviving Kurds that WMD are a big lie.
But only one contract was agreed to on Tuesday. That went to a pairing of BP and the China National Petroleum Corporation for the largest field on offer: Rumaila, near the southern city of Basra, which has proven reserves of 17 billion barrels. Once the bid is accepted by the oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, Parliament must issue final approval.
WASHINGTON (AFP) — China has given its word to the United States that it is "deeply committed" to implementing tough new nuclear sanctions against North Korea, a senior US official said Friday.
The official also said that as part of the effort to put a straitjacket on Pyongyang after its latest nuclear test and missile launches, Washington had set up an inter-agency team to coordinate the sanctions with other nations.
"They are certainly saying quite strenuously that they are deeply committed to full implementation of the provisions that are in the resolution," the senior administration official said, referring to China.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
So it begins....
Iraqi oil for China if they support sanctions on N Korea
China Gains in Tangled Bidding at Iraq Oil Auction
But only one contract was agreed to on Tuesday. That went to a pairing of BP and the China National Petroleum Corporation for the largest field on offer: Rumaila, near the southern city of Basra, which has proven reserves of 17 billion barrels. Once the bid is accepted by the oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, Parliament must issue final approval.
China 'deeply committed' to North Korea sanctions: US official
WASHINGTON (AFP) — China has given its word to the United States that it is "deeply committed" to implementing tough new nuclear sanctions against North Korea, a senior US official said Friday.
The official also said that as part of the effort to put a straitjacket on Pyongyang after its latest nuclear test and missile launches, Washington had set up an inter-agency team to coordinate the sanctions with other nations.
"They are certainly saying quite strenuously that they are deeply committed to full implementation of the provisions that are in the resolution," the senior administration official said, referring to China.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by Jakes51
I don't know the article plays up the "Chinese" part but it does mention that "BP" is also in the mix.
BP as in British petroleum....