[not2worry]

One solution would be to have Pay Day every day when they finish their work.

Secondly, having a presence in a Middle Eastern country for the long haul is a brilliant idea IMHO.

We don't have to depend on the Saudis or the Turks for a strategic air command station if we should need one in the future.

The idea of pulling all our Troops out of Iraq is not logical. We need them there more than we do in Germany, South Korea or Ft. Riley.

[Austin Willard Wright]

So, the Iraqi forces don't want to defend themselves and your response is that we should stay in that Bosinia writ large where are men and women and being picked off one by one? What do you hope to accomplish, other than a continued slow bleed?

[monday]

"Secondly, having a presence in a Middle Eastern country for the long haul is a brilliant idea IMHO."

lol.... well you have your wish. I don't think that Rumsfield and the rest planned to occupy Iraq permanently going in, but they have little choice now.

The US has it's very own Gaza Strip, only many times as large. It should be an excellent breeding ground for suicide bombers and other Islamic nut cases for years and years to come.

[Terpfen]

"The idea of pulling all our Troops out of Iraq is not logical. We need them there more than we do in Germany, South Korea or Ft. Riley."

The idea was never to completely pull out of Iraq. Iraq is the new central base for American troops in the region. We've already moved our troops out of Saudi and into Iraq. Eventually, most of those troops will leave, but we'll have bases and a presence.