The Never Ending War in Iraq is Setting Up to Never End

Obama's made the promise the first thing he would do when he became president is end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since Obama entered office, troops fighting these wars have increased along with casualties and Obama has entered the United States in an unconstitutional war in Libya, where it appears $26 billion in bailout money to the central bank of Libya may be one of the driving factors since the US doesn't purchase much in Libyan oil.

Last week we learned US war planes had not stopped bombing Libyan targets like Barack the War Monger Obama promised. This week the news gets better for the industrial military complex in America who profits from caskets coming home. The never-ending war in Iraq is being set up to never end.

Washington (AP) - Eight months shy of its deadline for pulling the last American soldier from Iraq and closing the door on an 8-year war, the Pentagon is having second thoughts.

Reluctant to say it publicly, officials fear a final pullout in December could create a security vacuum, offering an opportunity for power grabs by antagonists in an unresolved and simmering Arab-Kurd dispute, a weakened but still active al-Qaida or even an adventurous neighbor such as Iran.

The U.S. wants to keep perhaps several thousand troops in Iraq, not to engage in combat but to guard against an unraveling of a still-fragile peace. This was made clear during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' visit Thursday and Friday in which he and the top U.S. commander in Iraq talked up the prospect of an extended U.S. stay.

Can you say unconstitutional permanent occupation justified by "nation building?" Obviously things aren't as rosy in Iraq as we have been led to believe, and American troops will probably be over in Iraq for many decades if not until the United States is finally bankrupt and can no longer support a military.