Shocked and awed into 'freedom' by Pepe Escobar

Hakim says that the Iraqi population wants a full American troop pullout, and no American "permanent military bases". He may be right, but it won't happen. A Sunni Baghdad businessman was savvy enough to note, "We all know the Americans are building 14 military bases all over the country. And we all know they won't leave them. Does that sound like freedom to you?"