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Is Iraq a sovereign nation? Or are things like democracy just theatre, something to keep the folks distracted while the real work goes on?
Seems deals are in the works to give the USA rights to do whatever they please, almost like, say, an occupying force?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/revealed-secret-plan-to-keep-iraq-under-us-control-840512.html
So in 2000, ie. before “the war on terror” and 9/11 the PNAC report said
“a permanent unit should be based in the Persian Gulf region”
“even should U.S.-Iranian relations improve, retaining forward-based forces in the region would still be an essential element in U.S. security strategy given the longstanding American interests in the region.”
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