Permanent House Guests
Apr 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pm by Susie
Via Cookie Jill at Skippy’s:
A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country.
The draft strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraqi governments, dated March 7 and marked “secret” and “sensitive”, is intended to replace the existing UN mandate and authorises the US to “conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security” without time limit.
The authorisation is described as “temporary” and the agreement says the US “does not desire permanent bases or a permanent military presence in Iraq”. But the absence of a time limit or restrictions on the US and other coalition forces - including the British - in the country means it is likely to be strongly opposed in Iraq and the US.
Iraqi critics point out that the agreement contains no limits on numbers of US forces, the weapons they are able to deploy, their legal status or powers over Iraqi citizens, going far beyond long-term US security agreements with other countries. The agreement is intended to govern the status of the US military and other members of the multinational force.
The “Korean strategy” has been the goal from the beginning. When Bush-cheney says he need money for infrastructure, he’s talking about hardened bases in Iraq where US military personell will be stationed indefinitely. Same thing from McSame when he says, “So what if it’s 100 years”.
1. Crush the power structure, (political, military, police).
2. Drive out anyone who has the where-withall to flee.
3. Destroy basic services to cow the remaining population.
4. Sink new wells, and run new pipelines.
5. Retire on the beach in Dubai.
Read Jim Holts summary of the occupation at the London Review of Books. Everything is going along according to the plan.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/holt01_.html