Singapore PM Urges U.S. to Stay in Iraq

[jayfish]

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Jun 2, 4:23 PM (ET)

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN



SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Friday the United States must not pull out of Iraq until it has stabilized, while U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defended the training and conduct of U.S. troops amid an investigation into the massacre of Iraqi civilians.

"If the U.S. leaves Iraq under conditions that can be portrayed as defeat, its enemies everywhere will be emboldened, and we will all be at greater risk," Lee said.

"There is no choice but for the U.S. and its coalition partners to stay the course and complete the work in Iraq," he said in a speech at the opening of a three-day meeting in Singapore of defense and security officials from 23 countries.

Rumsfeld is also attending the conference in the city-state that is a staunch U.S. ally, and said most U.S. troops were well trained and acted according to proper rules of conduct.

Nose meet ass. How stupid do these f'ers think we are? It's beyond insulting.

Jay

[Tempest]

1. How many soldiers from Singapore are in Iraq?

None?

Then STFU.

[AlamoDemoc]

2. Hear Hear!

[cantstandbush]

3. Yeah, like there was no choice for the USSR in Afghanistan.

Sorry, I don't buy it that we should sacrifice our children for a losing cause. Our enemies are already emboldened by our lack of morals, honesty, fairness, and justice. We are no longer the "model society" that people world-wide once respected. It's easy to fight and kill people you don't respect.

[David__77]

4. U.S.'s fascist ally, Singapore.

Singapore is a fascist state. Who cares what they say?

[DemoTex]

5. Singapore's repressive regime gives Neocons orgasms.

Remember Michael Fay who got the cane at Changi prison for "tagging" a Honda? When I entered Singapore the visa they attached to my passport had a warning in large red type: THE PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS IS DEATH. Don't even think about spitting on the sidewalk in Singapore.

[saigon68]

6. I agree

It's one fucked up place to live.

Unless you are Very Very Rich.