Think Progress � Bush Administration Developing Plans To Keep 50,000 U.S. Troops In Iraq For Decades

Why is anyone suprised by this?

There has to be someone there to staff all of the permanent bases Bush has been planning for Iraq. How many was that? 14?

Think Progress � Bush Administration Developing Plans To Keep 50,000 U.S. Troops In Iraq For Decades:

"The New York Times reports that the Bush administration is making plans to keep tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely:

Mr. Bush on Friday made clear that the American commitment to the country will be long-term. Officials say the administration has begun to look at the costs of maintaining a force of roughly 50,000 troops there for years to come, roughly the size of the American presence maintained in the Philippines and Korea for decades after those conflicts."