[Gordongekko909]

Announcing this now was an unbelievably bad idea. The reason why the Demmycrats recently went on a retreatnik rant was because they saw a drawdown coming, and they wanted to make it look like it was their idea. This announcement should have waited a lot longer, because now it will look like that.

[smoothsailing]

This has been the plan all along.Nothing new except the white-flag surrender monkeys trying to take credit for it.

[sanjacjake]

Just don't talk about it..just do it....the right
way.....leave the cynics in the dust with elected
Iraquis and pride in their future. they owe our
brave falllen heroes and the faithful military who
are doing the job...owe..them this respect.a replica
of Normandy and the sacrifices that make us a unique
country..is what we all..owe each other.. LOVE. Jake

[digger48]

Didn't we already know that we were going to scale back after the elections over there? Seems the strategery hasn't changed, only the PR of it all.

It's not like the MSM have been listening anyway

[Sacajaweau]

The Dems act like this is something new. I'll bet we can go back a year, even two and find 100 references.

[new yorker 77]

How is the obvious an AP headline?

If everything goes well with the Iraqi Security forces, we may be able to reduce troop presence.

Why must the AP idiots and gullible morons who read headlines be so obtuse?

[EGPWS]

He said one of the biggest mistakes that the Bush administration made in fighting the war was to have too few troops in Iraq.

A self motivating political statement to say the least.

[Defiant]

Here's an idea: Let's not announce publicly how many troops we have in Iraq until there aren't any. Let's make it classified, so that the terrorists don't get to plan, and so that the media can't hurt morale by constantly asking us how many we have and when more will come home.Isn't that what you do in war, deny useful information to your enemies?