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2006-03-07 Britain

UK to start withdrawing from Iraq by summer 2008

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-07 01:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Relations with Iraqi officials and people have soured.

The MSM doesn't have to convince EVERYONE of their lies, obvously. Just the guys in power....

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-03-07 07:41|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-03-07 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 And the US will withdraw to Kuwait and a few of the other small Gulf States, so that they can be on 24 hour call for the Government of Iraq. Like if sommut terrible happens, as in say Iran wants to invade Iraq.
Other than than that, let them at it.

Posted by tipper 2006-03-07 09:42|| 2006-03-07 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 YOu don't think the Kurds would be thrilled to have a base in their part of the country? And what odds, in another year or two, that the Sunnis don't also offer a plot of land for an American base?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-07 17:27|| 2006-03-07 17:27|| Front Page Top

#4 The birth of a meme. Various "news" organizations logrolling each others' stories - per the agenda they share.

Far more likely is the obvious: they'll reduce numbers / withdraw when their presence doesn't contribute to a worthwhile end. Duh.

Certainly there will be a US base in Kurdistan. Maybe 2 or 3, lol.

Anbar is, in the main, unused. If Iraq partitions, or whatever, they'll need the income, heh.

Gawd I hate 99% of the so-called "news" orgs. I look forward to either their demise or rehabilitation. I volunteer to run one of the re-education camps for those deemed salvageable.

Posted by .com 2006-03-07 17:35|| 2006-03-07 17:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Excellent. We'll add your name to the executive-candidates list for when we build Phase II of the Alec Baldwin-Mojave Federal Celebrity Retention and Training Center [MFCRT].

Posted by Halliburton Corrections Division 2006-03-07 19:33|| 2006-03-07 19:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Ooooh! Celebs? Waay cool! Alec won't be among the salvageable, however, lol. He'll have to be satisfied with the memorial reference. We'll tell him after the blindfold is in place. I'll hire Kim Bassinger to run the, uh, "presentation" of this honor, lol. Then she can be my "aide".

I'll find Mucky and give him his long-suffering, long-delayed, shot at Jeanine Garafalo, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-03-07 19:44|| 2006-03-07 19:44|| Front Page Top

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