On May 11, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Does any of the discussion constituting this pressure focus _at
> all_ on
> the many permanent bases, costing billions of dollars, that are being
> built. Withdrawal from from all the cities of Iraq would NOT be
> withdrawal at all if troops remained at those bases.
No it wouldn't but they'd be under constant threat of attack, and maybe even under constant attack, so they would not be immune to the pressure for withdrawal. More importantly, though, U.S. withdrawal will be seen around the world as a major defeat, the biggest since Vietnam and maybe bigger. And that would be kind of interesting, don't you think?
Doug