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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
[edit] Nothing will make the US give up demands for military bases. Well, nothing relating to elections or a Muslim state, anyway. Is there a sequiter connection that I'm missing here, Donut, between the muslim state and the military bases? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]
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Merely that US bases in Iraq would be anathema to a true Islamic state along the lines of Iran. Furthermore, imagine the effect on fundamentalists in countries such as Turkey, Algeria, Yemen etc. Having another Islamic state in the region would encourage them even more.
Anyway - I've heard Rumsfeld denying that the US wants permenant bases in Iraq. So it must be true.