{"id":30442,"date":"2012-06-19T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30442"},"modified":"2012-06-19T19:03:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T23:03:40","slug":"us-to-station-13k-troops-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30442","title":{"rendered":"US to station 13k troops in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it’s back to the nineties when we had 5000 troops stationed in Kuwait to be a speed bump in the event that Saddam Hussein tried to to retake Kadhima, his 19th province, because we didn’t have the guts to remove him in 1991. The Associated Press<\/a> reports that this Administration plans to station almost three times the size of that force there to react to military emergencies in the Gulf region based on a John Kerry-inspired study.<\/p>\n

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., who asked his staff to conduct the study, said in a statement: “This is a period of historic, but turbulent change in the Middle East. We need to be clear-eyed about what these interests are and how best to promote them. This report provides a thoughtful set of recommendations designed to do exactly that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure it’s particularly smart to put US troops in a region that is as unstable as the Gulf States have been without a clear mission, except to train. The report specifically mentions our interests in the outcome of the Arab Spring uprisings. Do we plan to be able to inject “boots on the ground” to prop up the Gulf monarchies or will they be employed on behalf of the rebels?<\/p>\n

The Left is fond of preaching about how our presence in the region creates terrorists – bin Laden’s big complaint was the presence of US forces in Saudi Arabia. I don’t particularly subscribe to that theory, mostly because the Left are basically idiots with big mouths and buy in to easy memes. But, how could the Obama Administration explain this particular decision to his base?<\/p>\n

And, it might not create terrorists, but it will create targets for terrorists. Khobar Towers and the Marine barracks in Beirut make appropriate examples. Democrats are always willing to make speed bumps out the troops, but they’re never willing to let them fight wars to a successful and victorious conclusion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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