[CSM]

Don't you dare question their patriotism!

[mallardx]

Putting DemocRATs in charge of military policy is like putting the U.N. in charge of law. Equally Foolish.

[PhiKapMom]

Write your Senators if they are Republican and tell them to get out front and go after Levin. We need a spokesman for the Senate that will not allow him to get by with this crap and we need Senators who will filubuster their crap!

[dead]

Urge whatever you want, Levin.

Senators don't move troops.

[HitmanLV]

This is why they were elected, for better or for worse.

[PlanoMike]

Re "Emboldened Democrats to Urge Iraq Exit", this is not new news, it's the SOS!!

[padre35]

let the cut and running begin, the Dems are always going to be remembered for allowing the helicopters on the roof moments ala Saigon, so at least Levin isn't messing around.

Cut and run Carl.

[Sir Gawain]

The blood of the entire nation of Iraq will be on their hands. Not that they care. The blood of the Vietnamese is on their hands as well for our withdrawal there.

[sonsofliberty2000]

On Drudge:

Top U.S. commander in Middle East warns against timetable for withdrawal... Developing..

[YOUGOTIT]

Carl Levin, anti-American pig faced Nazi and a real supporter of the Islamic Terrorist.

[Brett66]

What kind of stand is Bush willing to take on this?
If they try to cut off funding he can refuse to sign the bill or veto and shut down the government.
So what will it be?

[silverleaf]

We cannot save the Iraqis from themselves

No, Senator 'Pontius Pilate' Levin- men like you LACK THE WILL AND COURAGE to save the Iraqis from themselves. Just like "men like you" (and John Francois Kerry) piously turned away from the slaughter of millions of Vietnamese and Cambodians, and men like Kofi Annan and Bill Clinton turned away from 400,000 Rwandans, because "we couldn't save them from themselves".

Interesting how this time, unlike Vietnam, our troops on the ground are TELLING you not to turn away from the Iraqi people.

Now Senator, I think you need to go wash your hands.

[LZ_Bayonet]

How Do You Ask a Man to Be the Last Man to Die in Iraq?

[Paradox]

Who knows, maybe this Good Cop/Bad Cop thing will work..

[theDentist]

Even money they'll call it a "strategic withdrawal."

[randita]

This has to be a first - Carl Levin at odds with the NY Times.

[Marine_Uncle]

It would not be a surprise that he and others are just privy to info from the DOD that already has been put in place. After all the time schedules where for US troop downsizing in late 2006 through 2007, based on ground conditions, for going on two years.
To many articles where produced to this effect, to indicate anything is in any way new on this issue.
The game plan all along (post Bremmer) was to scratch build a new Iraqi military and police force. And as things on the ground improved, both in their effectiveness to take out various resistance forces in Iraq (I won't supply a long list, all should be totally onboard at this late date), as well as their HQ/supply depots to supply their forces independently, we would start to downsize.
We get little info of lately as to how close their divisional HQ/supply is progressing. For all we know things may be proceeding very well over all.
It is one thing to belly ache about not enough Iraqi armor being available just to mention one issue, and what is planned to be in place in the next six months. We don't get solid stats on where they actually are.
Only the mostly negative dribbles and modified news reports that may differ significantly from the reality as to how well they are preparing to take over.
Surely however. They will continue to need our air support for some time to come, unless the whole country where suddenly to be void of al Qaeda, radical Sunni and Shia groups, militias (organized on a high level based on major party lists affiliates, Saddamist, Persian infiltrators, etc.).
Note we have not seen any articles showing how their new airforce is being built up. Nor do we get articles giving us a glint in now their division/regimental/battallion level supply and HD are coming along.
I sense a lot more has been put in place then meets the casual observer.

[Halls]

Who died and made the dems President?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

What's so magical about 4 to 6 months Senator? Why not start now? I think we should have a sense of the Senate vote as soon as the oaths are finished.

[Spiff]

Why not!? They control the MSM and if we pull out of Iraq the ensuing bloodbath and further emboldening of the jihadists worldwide won't make the evening newscast for months. The average U.S. citizen will remain blissfully ignorant, once again, until the next attack. And then? Well, then we do what the Democrats have wanted to do all along. Appeasement.

How long until a U.S. Government sanctioned caliphate is formed in the Western hemisphere? Bets?