My letter of the day.
Dear Editor:
Many people are probably inclined to think that the latest news coming out of Iraq is just another example of the current administration's incompetence. I disagree. I think they're doing it on purpose.
Why else was General Garner, the administrator replaced by Bremer. gotten rid of so quickly, if not because he promised to have the United States military out of there in ninety days.
Obviously, he wasn't with the program. But, once that deadline was spoken, even if the speaker is gone, it became necessary to DEMONSTRATE that it can't be kept. What better way to do that than be creating one "security" situation after another to justify keeping the military there longer? After all, isn't the plan to keep them there permanently?
Where else are we going to base our military assets now that Saudi Arabia doesn't want them, Western Europe no longer fears Russia and its client states are melding into the European Union?
If there were peace in the Middle East, what reason would there be to maintain a military presence in that part of the world?
Posted by Monica Smith at May 6, 2004 09:12 AM
Posted by Hannah at May 7, 2004 04:56 AM