Retired Army general says conflicts in Middle East could keep U.S. there for 50 years
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- It might take as long as half a century before U.S. troops can leave the volatile Middle East, according to retired Army Gen. John Abizaid.
"Over time, we will have to shift the burden of the military fight from our forces directly to regional forces, and we will have to play an indirect role, but we shouldn't assume for even a minute that in the next 25 to 50 years the American military might be able to come home, relax and take it easy, because the strategic situation in the region doesn't seem to show that as being possible," Abizaid said Wednesday at Carnegie Mellon University.
Abizaid, the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, stepped down in March as the longest-serving commander of U.S. Central Command. He retired from the Army in May and now is at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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I think that this guy knows what he’s talking about and it’s been my own contention that we’d be there until the cows came home, regardless of which party wins the next election. Your thoughts?
2007-11-01
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