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¶Retain high-end SOF capability and necessary support structure to target Al Qaeda, death squads, and Iranians in Iraq, while drawing down all other Coalition forces, except those necessary to provide certain key enablers for the ISF.

¶Begin modest withdrawals of U.S. and Coalition forces (start “taking our hand off the bicycle seat”), so Iraqis know they have to pull up their socks, step up and take responsibility for their country.

¶Set a firm withdrawal date to leave. Declare that with Saddam gone and Iraq a sovereign nation, the Iraqi people can govern themselves. Tell Iran and Syria to stay out.

=========================================================== I can't wait to see what everyone's reaction is going to be when the Baker report comes out, and advocates the very same things. Draw down of US forces and specific dates? Sounds like what the Iraq study group has been leaking. (Rumsfeld is suggesting the very same things President Bush said won't happen).