The US is now building four large, permanent military bases in Iraq. This from the mouth of a female Lt. Colonel in military intelligence who has been recently fired from the pentagon, as interviewed a few days ago on NPR.
First of all, does anyone have further info on this or the name of the Lt. Col. or a text of her statement?
Because the existence of these permanent basis is of huge importance. It gives the lie to all the administration's reasons for the war. If these bases exist, it proves that we are in Iraq to change the balance of military power in the region. Period. This is, of course, what the neo-cons have said, so no one should be urprised.