Sad day in May
Earl J. Prignitz
May 04, 2007
The saddest day in May was when President Bush vetoed legislation that would have started bringing our troops home this year. And the most distressing aspect of this decision is that he doesn’t have any plans of ever bringing the troops home, period.
Why would he be building permanent bases in Iraq if he hadn’t planned on staying there from now on? These are just the most obvious signs that the United States has been digging in for the long haul.
For example, Joshua Hammer, in an article, “Digging in” says, “Take, for example, Camp Victory North, a sprawling base near Baghdad International Airport, which the U.S. military seized just before the ouster of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. Over the past year, KBR contractors have built a small American city where about 14,000 troops are living, many hunkered down inside sturdy, wooden, air-conditioned bungalows called SEA (for Southeast Asia) huts, replicas of those used by troops in Vietnam. There's a Burger King, a gym, the country's biggest PX—and, of course, a separate compound for KBR workers, who handle both construction and logistical support. Although Camp Victory North remains a work in progress today, when complete, the complex will be twice the size of Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo—currently one of the largest overseas posts built since the Vietnam War.”
And friends, this is just one of at least ten or twelve other bases being constructed by KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary that works in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers.
Hence it is hard to imagine anything but and ongoing heavy troop presence in Iraq, huge bases across the country, and of course a constant rising body count,
If you happen to be as concerned as I am, please contact your representative and Senators in Congress to voice your concern.
Why would he be building permanent bases in Iraq if he hadn’t planned on staying there from now on? These are just the most obvious signs that the United States has been digging in for the long haul.
For example, Joshua Hammer, in an article, “Digging in” says, “Take, for example, Camp Victory North, a sprawling base near Baghdad International Airport, which the U.S. military seized just before the ouster of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. Over the past year, KBR contractors have built a small American city where about 14,000 troops are living, many hunkered down inside sturdy, wooden, air-conditioned bungalows called SEA (for Southeast Asia) huts, replicas of those used by troops in Vietnam. There's a Burger King, a gym, the country's biggest PX—and, of course, a separate compound for KBR workers, who handle both construction and logistical support. Although Camp Victory North remains a work in progress today, when complete, the complex will be twice the size of Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo—currently one of the largest overseas posts built since the Vietnam War.”
And friends, this is just one of at least ten or twelve other bases being constructed by KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary that works in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers.
Hence it is hard to imagine anything but and ongoing heavy troop presence in Iraq, huge bases across the country, and of course a constant rising body count,
If you happen to be as concerned as I am, please contact your representative and Senators in Congress to voice your concern.
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