Ramsfeld defends US presence in ME
The US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has defended the presence of the American forces in the Middle East claiming that the presence of these forces is at the invitation of the hosting states.
News reports quoted Rumsfeld as saying in an interview with the al-Jazira TV broadcast on Wednesday that the US does not seek to occupy the lands of any country nor to invade any country and the American forces exist in countries that decided to have the American presence there.
Worthy mentioning that the US has military presence in the Gulf region since the beginning of the 1990 s.
He added that the war the US is launching is a matter of self- defense and does not target any religion, race or country.
