More U.S. Plans in Iraq
Doonesbury, that valuable resource, says today the U.S. is now building 14 permanent military bases in Iraq, and will maintain a substantial presence there until 2010.
USA Today says Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) has asked for estimates of costs under various scenarios.
"Of three long-term scenarios Conrad asked the congressional analysts to study, the most expensive, which assumed the U.S. force would level off at 69,000 in 2010, would total $392 billion through the decade ending 2014.
"The least expensive would cost $179 billion over 10 years and assumes troop levels in Iraq decline to 15,000 by 2010."
Based on what is known about U.S. military bases around the world, will Iraq remain one of the largest U.S. commitments for at last another 5 years?
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