http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/iraq-the-end-of-the-beginning/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/iraq-the-end-of-the-beginning/#comment-13534 Dave Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13534 At $700m the infrastructure provides plenty of room for the world's largest Baskin and Robbins Icecream dispensary !! At $700m the infrastructure provides plenty of room for the world’s largest Baskin and Robbins Icecream dispensary !!

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/02/iraq-the-end-of-the-beginning/#comment-13535 Frank Birchall Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13535 I fear that the prediction for US forces in Iraq will be correct. The US currently has more than 700 (yes, 700!) military bases overseas -- see Chalmers Johnson's book, Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic. It still has large bases in Japan and Germany, 63 years after the end of WW II and almost 20 years after the end of the Cold War. Why? Imagine the reaction of the US to China having military bases in South or Central America. They can't even accept democratic socialism in Venezuela. The military/industrial complex and the hubris of so-called exceptionalism will be very tough for Obama to overcome, even if he has a mind for it. I fear that the prediction for US forces in Iraq will be correct. The US currently has more than 700 (yes, 700!) military bases overseas — see Chalmers Johnson’s book, Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic. It still has large bases in Japan and Germany, 63 years after the end of WW II and almost 20 years after the end of the Cold War. Why? Imagine the reaction of the US to China having military bases in South or Central America. They can’t even accept democratic socialism in Venezuela. The military/industrial complex and the hubris of so-called exceptionalism will be very tough for Obama to overcome, even if he has a mind for it.

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