Just read this. One year from now, August 08, our troop levels in Iraq would be reduced to the amount they were at before the bush escalation earlier this year.
That is what we have waited all this time for Bush schill, General Patraeus to say. LOL
And there are people who will give this credence. And in the meantime, while bush runs out the clock with the help of whatever Generals and media he has in his pocket, people continue to die.
Delay Decision on Major Cuts, General Says
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.
General Petraeus, whose long-awaited testimony before Congress is to begin today at about 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, has informed President Bush that troop cuts may begin in mid-December, with the withdrawal of one of the 20 American combat brigades in Iraq, about 4,000 troops. By August 2008, the American force in Iraq would be down to 15 combat brigades, the force level before Mr. Bush’s troop reinforcement plan.
The precise timing of such reductions, which would leave about 130,000 troops in Iraq, could vary, depending on conditions in the country. But the general has also said that it is too soon to present recommendations on reducing American forces below that level because the situation in Iraq is in flux. He has suggested that he wait until March to outline proposals on that question.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/w...us.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
That is what we have waited all this time for Bush schill, General Patraeus to say. LOL
And there are people who will give this credence. And in the meantime, while bush runs out the clock with the help of whatever Generals and media he has in his pocket, people continue to die.
Delay Decision on Major Cuts, General Says
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.
General Petraeus, whose long-awaited testimony before Congress is to begin today at about 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, has informed President Bush that troop cuts may begin in mid-December, with the withdrawal of one of the 20 American combat brigades in Iraq, about 4,000 troops. By August 2008, the American force in Iraq would be down to 15 combat brigades, the force level before Mr. Bush’s troop reinforcement plan.
The precise timing of such reductions, which would leave about 130,000 troops in Iraq, could vary, depending on conditions in the country. But the general has also said that it is too soon to present recommendations on reducing American forces below that level because the situation in Iraq is in flux. He has suggested that he wait until March to outline proposals on that question.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/w...us.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
