[philman_36]

Webb blew it! He first said that our troops could be moved to Kuwait or to other area bases and then came back and said that as long as US troops were in the ME there wouldn't be peace.
Isn't Kuwait smack dab in the middle of the ME?

[snugs]

Obviously geography was not his strong point at school

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Webb blew it! He first said that our troops could be moved to Kuwait or to other area bases and then came back and said that as long as US troops were in the ME there wouldn't be peace."

Webb is Murtha in a bad toupee.
He's also just like Kerry- I served and you didn't, therefore I'm all knowing and you know nothing.

[philman_36]

A slight correction...
MTP Transcript
MR. WEBB:...snip...You could retrograde some of these troops to places like Kuwait and Qatar until we’re sure that the region is stabilized, and then bring them back.

MR. WEBB: There is no—as long as the United States forces...
SEN. ALLEN: ...options, whether it’s ground forces or air forces.
MR. WEBB: ...conventional forces are in Iraq there will not be peace in the Middle East.
SEN. ALLEN: No, that’s not the...
MR. WEBB: That is the point. That is different from Kuwait, that is different from Qatar.

If I remember correctly the fatwas say that all foreign troops need to be thrown out of Arab lands.
Saudi Arabia Text of Fatwa Urging Jihad Against Americans
The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies -- civilians and military -- is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy mosque [Mecca] from their grip, and in order for their armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to threaten any Muslim.
IMHO that includes both Kuwait and Qatar.