[a_Turk]

You may not be aware that your ships are unloading and your equipment (except tanks and artillery) are moving to ward northern Irak thanks to an obscure clause included in the base modernization bill that was passed a month or so ago.

Civilians may be showing indignation on both sides, but our militaries are seeing eye to eye. That's nothing new. Business as usual.

[irish guard]

Actually, I did know that we have bases there and are adding to the numbers, but it ain't the 60,000 troops and mechanized divisions that we wanted....oh well.