Gandhi: Why Are We Over There Again?

Here's one of Gandhi's latest, in full:

Qui Custodiat Custos? Custos Ipsum!

[Latin: "Who guards the guard? He guards himself!"]

The latest reason why UK troops have to stay in Iraq: to protect themselves:

Hopes of a rapid British withdrawal from Iraq appeared to diminish yesterday after a minister said the present force level was needed for the safety of the troops.

Bloody hell.

Meanwhile our brave Aussie diggers have murdered another innocent man in Afghanistan. Oh, sorry - he couldn't have been innocent, because they shot him. So he must have been guilty. Of something.

Why are we over there again?

I know that's a rhetorical question, but here's a simple answer:

Client Regime. Oil Law. Permanent Bases.
Client Regime. Oil Law. Permanent Bases.
Client Regime. Oil Law. Permanent Bases.
Client Regime. Oil Law. Permanent Bases.