Thursday, May 04, 2006

A Baseless War, Literally

Carved in the dark – their city of dreams
Drowed in the baseless sands
~ Desert Song, Fair Warning
This is a pretty conundrum. The Pentagon is building several huge bases inside Iraq and it looks like Congress is going to cut off funding for them. Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed a Joe Biden amendment that forbids spending money to "establish permanent United States military bases in Iraq." In March, the House passed the same amendment.

Eschaton thinks this will be another on the list of laws Bush decides he doesn't have to obey. My guess is he will define permanent in a Babylonian sense, anything under 1,000 years is temporary. Also referenced, ThinkProgress.

P.S. Happy Birthday to LB.

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