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Iraq and U.S. Coming Close to Pullout Plan

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Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of Iraqi cities by next June on the way to broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011.

Subject to final approval by the top Iraqi leadership, the exit date for U.S. troops would be December 2011, although the Americans insist on linking that target to additional security and political progress.

President Bush has long resisted a timetable for pulling out, even under heavy pressure from a nation distressed by American deaths and discouraged by the length of the war that began in 2003. But that has softened in recent weeks.

This is how it is supposed to be done.  The date of withdrawal is based on conditions on the ground - not some arbitrary time period pulled out of someone’s… hat.

Posted by Owen at 2156 hrs
Military + Politics + Politics - General

1. Of course, it only coincidence that they should be almost simultaneous.

   Posted by capper on August 21, 2008 at 2312 hrs
   
   
   

2. I thought we couldn’t set a date because the terrorists would just wait until after that date passed to strike.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 22, 2008 at 1322 hrs
   
   
   

3. The difference is that most of them are waiting from a another country, prison cell or grave.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 22, 2008 at 2056 hrs
   
   
   

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