tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post116928008809268453..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: a surge of 500,000 troopsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1169454413095946462007-01-22T19:26:00.000+11:002007-01-22T19:26:00.000+11:00thanks Rob - you and i agree. i'd have to go back ...thanks Rob - you and i agree. i'd have to go back and review exactly what i wrote at the time - but there was some serious media cover-up at that time.<BR/><BR/>my *memory* is that it was just quietly announced and no-one even made the connection.<BR/><BR/>if i recall, rumsfeld tried to spin it as 'oh good - now we've invaded iraq, we don't need the troops in Saudi Arabia any more'(!)lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1169446071851869262007-01-22T17:07:00.000+11:002007-01-22T17:07:00.000+11:00Rob, this cat is out of the bag and has been for q...Rob, this cat <I>is</I> out of the bag and has been for quite some time. I think we can credit our so-called MSM for the fact that it is not well-known.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1169427855331469622007-01-22T12:04:00.000+11:002007-01-22T12:04:00.000+11:00Troops were removed from Saudi Arabia because we w...Troops were removed from Saudi Arabia because we were attacked on 9/11. The media and our government will not tell you this directly. We put an American military base there and pissed off the crazies (Bin Laden and Co.) so they attacked us, then we closed down our military base there. If the governmant was to let that cat out of the bag Americans would be up in arms over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com