We already had a permenant presence in Saudi Arabia, and could have had a permenant base in Afghanistan.
I'm not sure it will be worth it, given unexplored alternatives. But the cold truth is we don't have a large range of strategic choices now.
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Originally posted by Mutt
and the United States can't leave Iraq, this is a long and dirty job. to walk away now would be a huge mistake, sorry the world is alot more complicated than in your fantasies but that's the way it is. this could go down in history as a huge boondoggle but it is worth it - the US now has a permanent military presence in the belly of the beast of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism, you can bury your head in the sand, no pun intended, or you can try to affect change in a part of the world where change comes slowly and only with bloodshed. it aint pretty.
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