> >These reports talk about 14 permanent bases altogether > >http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/040323-enduring-bases.htm > > > > > The above link is to an article published by the Chicago > Tribune back on March 23, 2004. A lot has changed since then, especially the > level of support from the American people towards the war/occupation in Iraq.
That's why I included the 2nd link, with the title: "If the U.S. is ultimately leaving Iraq, why is the military building 'permanent' bases?" which says it was "reviewed 5/6/06". At the very least, this research begs the question "what's going on with those permanent bases?". And of course a half-billion dollar "Mall of America size" embassy is in and of itself a permanent base. > >http://www.fcnl.org/iraq/bases.htm <clipped> > The American people are still processing what has happened > just as fast as they can. The process goes in steps like 1) Denial, 2) > Anger, 3) Bargaining, 4) Acceptance, a lot like someone who is dieing. Until > America processes through to accepting what has happened, not > much can be done, but in time the truth will need to be brought to > light to write a true history of this period in America. Time is not our friend. Once things start to go downhill, as is happening, it's imperative to get off the failed track as quickly as possible. One cannot overstate the importance of psychology in this regard. Our enemy is still 'down' psychologically. If we give him reason to be emboldened, his euphoria will spread. If we really want that war to end, we can't let this happen. But we can't win it alone. To get the support we need we must have help, and that will not be forthcoming without an attitude change. > I was stationed at Binh Thuy Air Base, Vietnam, during 1967 > and 1968, so I experience the TET offensive that started in early Feb > 1968, very up close and personal. It took the TET offensive before American began > coming to terms with the futility of it all and the Vietnam era was > written down in history for posterity. Here is a link as a little > reminder of the Vietnam era: > > http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/lists_archive/sixties-l/3219.html To think that lesson was so quickly forgotten only denigrates the sacrifices of so many people on both sides. Bill _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
