US may sharply cut Iraq force within year -general
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States hopes to sharply reduce its forces in Iraq within the next year, its top commander on the ground said on Wednesday.
"I do believe that if the political process continues to go positively, if the developments with the (Iraqi) security forces continue to go as it is going, I do believe we will still be able to make fairly substantial reductions after these elections in the spring and summer of next year," General George Casey said at a briefing with visiting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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If "speedy withdrawal" means 'get out by this date' then that's news. If "speedy withdrawal" still means 'get out whenever you feel the time is right, and hopefully that'll be quick' then whatever..
So the title seems intriguing, but the article that follows doesn't tell me anything new. (Not a poke at you, merely an observation.)
No problem we can billet in Damascus.
Must be all that pressure from Jane Fonda..BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
What, does the Iraqi PM think our soldiers LIKE being in his God-forsaken country just for the heck of it.
Certainly we'll get out quickly. Just as soon as his impatient, sorry ass is as safe as can be in this short time.
What, does the Iraqi PM think our soldiers LIKE being in his God-forsaken country just for the heck of it.
Certainly we'll get out quickly. Just as soon as his impatient, sorry ass is as safe as can be in this short time.
A demand by Iraqi officials for a speedy withdrawal could be the covwer the admin wants to begin a withdrawal. After all we said we would withdraw when the Iraqi government asked us to. This could be an orchestrated political move to allow us to withdraw next year.
Dont shoot! Im just thinking out loud here!
Great news.
The U.S. will have 100,000 troops in Iraq for at least a century.
The Iraqi government is and always will be a sham.
If the U.S. pulled out at any time it would immediately transform into a terrorist theocracy.
Unless the U.S. destroys the mosques, and supresses Islam like it did native American culture, it will not succeed.
Wow he DEMANDED god sky news needs to lay off the testosterone pills!
Wow he DEMANDED god sky news needs to lay off the testosterone pills!