Stay The Course

Reduce troop levels??! Sec. Rumsfeld, you damn surrender monkey! We have to stay forever...

...Or when it's convenient for you and your boss. Whenever. It's cool.

Troop Levels in Iraq Could Be Cut in 2006

And this is radically different than what Murtha wanted... how?


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Iraq Deployment May Be Cut, Sources Say

The Pentagon has tentative plans to halt the scheduled deployment of two brigades to Iraq and instead send in smaller teams to support and train Iraqi forces in what could be an early step toward an eventual drawdown of U.S. forces, defense officials said Wednesday.

The proposal comes amid growing pressure from Congress and the public to pull troops out of Iraq. Details are still under discussion, and it would largely depend on the military and political conditions there after the parliamentary elections next week, said the officials...

...Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is preparing to announce the plan after the Iraq election next Thursday, if all goes well, they said...