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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq, Inc.: How much will it cost us if we never leave?]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/other-issues/" rel="tag">Other Issues</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/rants-and-raves/" rel="tag">Rants and Raves</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/middle-east/" rel="tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/hal/" rel="tag">Halliburton (HAL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/jnj/" rel="tag">Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/politics/" rel="tag">Politics</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/oil/" rel="tag">Oil</a></p><p><img alt="A U.S. soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 38 Regiment Infantry, patrols in West Baquba on Dec. 10." hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/12/us-soldier-iraq.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="0" />My fellow Americans...hmm, that's overused....and I am not running for anything. HEY PEOPLE... too rude... To my fellow investors, read carefully: <em><strong>WE ARE NEVER LEAVING IRAQ!</strong></em> There, I said it, it's done.</p>
<p>Don't you wish some of our elected officials could tell it to us straight? We are not going to pull out of Iraq this year, next year, in 10 years or perhaps 100 years. Not unless we are chased out (although some locals are trying). It is true that we may reduce our forces over the next four or five years to a third of what we have there now, but we are not leaving. Since we are not leaving, I would like to see the business plan. Everyone has wanted to see the administration's strategic plan for some time, but a business plan will do.</p>
<p>The United States military never left Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, and has advisors on every continent, just about every place we have ever gone. The only time we've left is when we were kicked out. The Iraqis will not be kicking us out. They need us to prevent an escalation of the civil war. They need our help rebuilding their infrastructure, (which we bombed), <em>and we want to do that!</em></p>
<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Iraq, Inc.: How much will it cost us if we never leave?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/">Iraq, Inc.: How much will it cost us if we never leave?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1060693/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/12/iraq-inc-how-much-will-it-cost-us-if-we-never-leave/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>defense spending</category><category>defense stocks</category><category>DefenseSpending</category><category>DefenseStocks</category><category>featured</category><category>Halliburton (HAL)</category><category>Halliburton(hal)</category><category>Iraq</category><category>Iraq Inc.</category><category>IraqInc.</category><category>Johnson and Johnson (JNJ)</category><category>JohnsonAndJohnson(jnj)</category><category>medical supply stocks</category><category>MedicalSupplyStocks</category><category>Sheldon Liber</category><category>SheldonLiber</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheldon Liber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
