Do you really think the US will leave Iraq?

Question

If so why is the US building the largest (104 acres) US embassy in the world in Baghdad?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/world_s_largest_embassy

Why is the US building 14 permanent military bases in the oil producing regions of Iraq?
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/040323-enduring-bases.htm

Is this for the "freedom" of the Iraqis or to insure they stay under the thumb of the western powers?

I said "western powers" NOT "US power". The US has ZERO bases in France...and is in the process of closing all of its bases in Germany. The troops from Germany are being moved to Poland, the Czech Republic,the Balkans and some of the "stans" ...read a little people...TURN OFF THE TV/Propaganda machine.

Answer 1

Yes! The U.S.A. will leave Iraq as soon as we've sucked every single drop of OIL from its sands! By that time, the largest embassy in the world, and the 14 military bases, will have deteriorated into dust.
Face it, America: the ONLY reason we're in Iraq is for OIL and WAR PROFITEERING, at the expense of gullible American taxpayers.
The Bilderberg Conference selected Bush and Cheney to lead this country into this unjustifiable 'war' (and if still are naive enough to think you vote really counts, do some research) so that we could harness all that OIL before the Chinese did. Bush and Cheney are still wondering, "What's all of OUR oil doing under Iraq's sand?"
We never had any intention of bringing democracy to Iraq; it's all been a sham just so a handful of fat cats could get fatter. The Carlyle Group, Lockheed-Martin, Halliburton, McDonnell-Douglass and Sikorsky will make BILLIONS in profits while the poor old American taxpayers get stuck with the TRILLIONS in debt that we owe to China.
And, once China revokes our 'credit card', it will send its multi-million-man Army over here and take whatever it damn well pleases. The U.S. will be in the same shape Russia's in today: it can't afford to pay its military, so it has no military. When that happens here, China will take our real estate, our weapons of mass destruction, our banks, our natural resources, our military hardware - even our western women if there's a big demand on the international sex slave market. And the U.S. will continue its downward spiral into despair until we become another nation just like the Dominican Republic or Haiti, where there's a handful of the very, very rich - and the rest of us, the very, very, destitute. -RKO- 05/19/07

Answer 2

It has to do with petroleum and strategic access.

Senator Warner offered an amendment in the last round that stipulated that American troops would be withdrawn if the Iraqi government requested it. His amendment was voted down.

The draft Iraq Hydrocarbons Law stipulates that executives of foreign oil companies would hold permanent seats on the Iraqi Oil Council. This law is one of the main "benchmarks" being discussed in Washington and in Baghdad. If American companies are going to be that deeply involved in the business of Iraqi oil production, they are certainly going to require the protection of the American military, as many factions in Iraq are likely to view the situation as having been nothing but an oil-grab all along.

Answer 3

Perry, the United States still has bases in Germany, France and Japan from World War 2. If the government of Iraq wants our military presence, then they will allow it. If not, we will leave. Typically a lease is signed to have a base in a country. So once the lease expires and it is not renewed by the host country, we leae.

So using your logic, do we have Europe and Japan under the thumb of the USA? I don't think so because many of the people on YA idolize France and Germany in their answers.

Answer 4

nope -- it had an imperial motive from the beginning.

anybody who studies histroy will realize that Empires are kicked out or else weaken to a point that they can no longer hold on to what they had. Until then permanent mean just that - in intention at least.

Answer 5

Eventually. It is possible that the US will first leave Germany, where US people have been since 1945.

Answer 6

Yes, But only if there is no more oil left in Iraq. When Iraq becomes like Africa, and there is nothing left that we want there.

Learner

Answer 7

We have large embassies and bases in MANY countries.....that's a lot of spin there, to act like this is the only time we have ever put military bases on foreign land. Caziness

Answer 8

our troops wont leave until bush is out of office, we're only there for the money and when it comes to freedom we don't have it. we're not free just robots in a greedy world. once bush is out of office and our troops do come home war will break out here in our country because of gas prices poor against the rich.

Answer 9

The US will never leave Iraq completely.

Answer 10

Never. We'll be there until the end of time.