| Win the war by killing all the Bad Guyz and their little dogs, too. That's an exit strategy. |
Britain and the United States have agreed that coalition troops would begin a withdrawal from Iraq by 2006. Diplomatic sources said London and Washington have approved a plan that would replace military troops with civilian advisers to the Iraqi military, police and security forces. The sources said these advisers would train and mentor Iraqi forces in such operations as counter-insurgency and border security. "The agreement is that the first troops would leave in late 2005," a source said. "The number of troops and withdrawal timetable would depend on operational considerations." The agreement was reached during talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon on Jan. 24. The London-based Guardian daily said Hoon agreed to recommendations by a retired U.S. general, Gary Luck, on the use of Western advisers to help accelerate Iraqi military and police training.| That's assuming the Bad Guyz are all dead by then, of course, and that Teheran falls on schedule. |