Permanent US Military Presence in Iraq

When Senator Kerry mentioned in the first Presidential debate that the US is building 14 permanent military bases in Iraq, it went right over the heads of the mainstream media. The fact is, the US is going to have to maintain a sizeable troop commitment in Iraq for at least several years, as a deterrent to civil war. More realistic is the likelihood the US presence will continue indefinitely into the future.

How many countries can you name where the US has military bases? Germany, Korea and let’s see, where else have we had wars and kept bases after the war - well not in Vietnam of course. Fact is, the US has over 700 overseas military bases in 130 countries. This is the mother of all globalization. Check out this article, from Fox News of all places, and for much more info go to globalsecurity.org: http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/041101-iraq-basing.htm.

I expect Iraq to be the forced host of major US military presence in the middle east as far as the mind can project - unless we invade a better choice.