Permanent Super Bases in Iraq

There is mounting public information that the U.S. is
establishing several massive permanent bases in Iraq -
complete with neighborhoods, swimming pools and Pizza Huts.
Now we know what happened to the "reconstruction" money.
Though this is not exactly surprising, the issue of permanent bases
is going to be a rhetorical challenge for the powers that be.  It does
not fit cleanly into the story that the U.S. has plans to leave Iraq
when the government becomes stable.  Tom Engelhardt does a
 superb job gathering the issue into one place.

CS Monitor
Tom Engelhardt