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KBOO
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Air date:
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 12:00am
Interview with Karen Coulter on 5 Buttes, from Iraq to Iran: one letter away from WWIII
With slightly more dignity than we exited Vietnam via helicopter from the roof of the US embassy in Saigon, the US officially declared Victory and left Iraq. Well, in part. This week the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, was the final U.S. combat brigade to be pulled out of the country, fulfilling the Obama administration's pledge to end the U.S. combat mission by the end of August. But about 50 thousand U.S. troops will remain in Iraq, mainly as a “training force”. "Operation Iraqi Freedom ends on your watch!" exclaimed Col. John Norris, the head of the brigade. "Hooah!" the soldiers roared. Look out Iran: Here we come!
In the end, it's always the resources roiling under the rhetoric that are at the wheel...
Yesterday the Canadian Senate said the risk of an oil spill in Canadian waters similar to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is low enough that the government shouldn't ban offshore drilling. The Senate's Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources released a report of its findings on the safety of Canada's offshore oil and gas drilling after conducting six weeks of hearings. Currently, there is only one offshore well being drilled in Canada, by Chevron about six hundred miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Chevron's well is being drilled in even deeper waters than in the Macondo field where a rig leased by BP exploded in April.
- KBOO
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