well..duh..like we didn't know this..in iraq forever

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cuz we want control of the region

Iraq is a lynchpin

sheesh...been their plan since day 1

 

 

Bush envisions U.S.

presence in Iraq like S.Korea

30 May 2007 14:55:45 GMT

Source: Reuters

 

 

Background

Iraq in turmoil

More WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush would

like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in

South Korea to provide stability but not in a frontline combat role,

the White House said on Wednesday.

 

The United States has had thousands of U.S. troops in South Korea to

guard against a North Korean invasion for 50 years.

 

Democrats in control of the U.S. Congress have been pressing Bush to

agree to a timetable for pulling troops from Iraq, an idea firmly

opposed by the president.

 

White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush would like to see a U.S.

role in Iraq ultimately similar to that in South Korea.

 

" The Korean model is one in which the United States provides a

security presence, but you've had the development of a successful

democracy in South Korea over a period of years, and, therefore, the

United States is there as a force of stability, " Snow told reporters.

 

He said U.S. bases in Iraq would not necessarily be permanent because

they would be there at the invitation of the host government and " the

person who has done the invitation has the right to withdraw the

invitation. "

 

" I think the point he's trying to make is that the situation in Iraq,

and indeed, the larger war on terror, are things that are going to

take a long time. But it is not always going to require an up-front

combat presence, " Snow said.

 

" The president has always said that ultimately you want to be handing

primary responsibility off to the Iraqis, " he said.

 

" You provide the so-called over-the-horizon support that is necessary

from time to time to come to the assistance of Iraqis but you do not

want the United States forever in the front. "

 

 

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