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TNR- Don't hold your breath waiting for withdrawal from Iraq
From a left pub...For all the talk of withdrawal and timetables, however, nothing like that is likely to happen. It is true that, as a result of the successful surge that the Democrats and some Republicans opposed, tens of thousands of American troops will begin to exit Iraq in the next three years. But American and Iraqi military and diplomatic officials insist that a residual U.S. force of considerable size is likely to remain for the medium to long term, as will the U.S. bases in Iraq that Democrats over the last two years have insisted must not be permanent. predictions in the opinion piece: combat troops to be reclassified as trainers exceptions to 'all out' to be made conclusion in the piece: everything that Obama says was great anyway Posted by: mhw 2008-12-17 |
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