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There are certain groups of the Iraqis that will fight, but the vast majority of the 350,000 are not prepared to stand up and fight for Iraq. They might stand up and fight for their tribe or for their family or for their religious affiliation. And that's not going to change unless they have to face the reality that, guess what, we are going to start, what we call, in the Democratic alternative, a phased redeployment.

Now, that doesn't mean initially, out of Iraq. It could be just moving to the North, because I do think we have an extra obligation to the Kurds not to desert them once again. It could certainly mean just over the horizon in Kuwait. But what we've been doing is not working.

WTF?

4 posted on 10/12/2006 4:50:36 PM PDT by maggief

It could be just moving to the North, because I do think we have an extra obligation to the Kurds not to desert them once again. It could certainly mean just over the horizon in Kuwait.

Sounds like the classic double feint cut and run maneuver to me. Used successfully by French Armies for decades.

7 posted on 10/12/2006 4:58:49 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Diplomacy doesn't work when seagulls rain on your parade. A shotgun and umbrella does.)

I am sure that after Hillary abandons 90% of Iraq to its fate the Kurds will sleep soundly at night with her promises. :-(

30 posted on 10/13/2006 12:22:31 AM PDT by cgbg (Teddy Roosevelt said it best: "Speak softly and carry a big stick.")

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