Nothing like HIDING the costs of an occupation from the American people, 'eh, lying, agenda-pushing AmeriKan MSM?!
"US and Iraq close to security deal; Plan said to meet sovereignty need" by Alissa J. Rubin and Steven Lee Myers, New York Times News Service | July 31, 2008
BAGHDAD - The emerging agreement, officials said, gives Iraqis much of what they want - most notably the guarantee that there would no longer be foreign troops visible on their land - and leaves room for them to discreetly ask for an extended US presence should security deteriorate.
Yeah, but that DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T BE THERE!
You JUST WON'T SEE THEM on their PERMANENT BASES!!!
And right, the Iraqis will be "asking" us.
I am so sick of NYT slop be served up as "news," readers!
Officials said that they were discussing the goal of having all US troops, including advisers and trainers, leave by 2010, but that the time of departure would depend on conditions on the ground. The authorization for the presence of US troops would be renewable annually, according to Ayaed al-Sammaraie, a Sunni leader."
Yup, we'll be gone by 2010, blah, blah, blah.
Don't you get tired of eating shit for "news," Americans?
Now, I would normally go to the New York Times web site to augment the story, but I'm not going to do that.
I don't like going to the New York Times web site anymore. I stopped purchasing and reading their newspaper the first of this year (after decades of patronage), and I really don't like going to their web site anymore, either.
I'm sorry, readers, but I'd rather move along and get to blogs, even if I'm not mirror-posting them all.
Now I know I'm shelling out three bits for their stepchild here, the Boston Globe, but that gives me the right to quote, does it not?
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers yesterday pressed officials from the Pentagon and KBR Inc. to explain what has delayed the proper protection of US forces in Iraq from deficient electrical work already being blamed for the deaths of at least 16 people.
"There was no shortage of warnings about the electrical dangers in Iraq, just a shortage of will to do right by our troops," said Representative Henry Waxman, Democrat of California, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Though pervasive electrical deficiencies in facilities in Iraq have been widely acknowledged, little action has been taken by the Pentagon leadership or KBR, Waxman said during the hearing."
Same as Waxman's committee and this shit Congress!!!
Hey, Waxman, what ever happened to the SUBPOENA of CONDI RICE?!?
Yup, what I thought!
PFFFFFFFFTTTT!!!!
