Now what will the Republicans say? Now it's not just a handful of Democrats, but the Iraqi government demanding a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal. Hmm. Maybe Murtha's plan wasn't so dumb after all.
What Rovian excuse will the Bush-Bags invent to get themselves out of this most embarrassing moment? How many times have we heard King George say we would stay as long as necessary or until the Iraqis asked us to leave? (And how many times have they previously asked us to leave--with no effect?)
Or could it be that BushCo actually wants a way out? And they had a hand in conceiving the Iraqi reconciliation plan--in order to get the troops out while saving face?
What about the fact that the plan calls for amnesty for insurgents who attacked U.S. and Iraqi military targets? And compensation for victims of coalition military operations? Will the big, tough War President cave in to the demands of a bunch of "evildoer" insurgents in an effort to support Maliki's national reconciliation plan?
Is not peace, stability and a Democratic government (Oil? What oil?) in Iraq what we are after? And if this plan is what the Iraqi Democratic leadership believe will achieve that end, should we not comply?
Should be an interesting week, folks.
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Photo credit: Maliki is scheduled to unveil a national reconciliation plan on June 25 (Ali Haider / Reuters-pool)
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A briefing leaked to the New York Times has General George Casey, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, proposing that the number of combat brigades be cut by more than half by December 2007. The first reductions are slated to take place by September. Even bigger cuts may come before the next presidential election.
The question is: How sincere is this plan? Remember, this is an Administration for which politics drives all policy. Or, as John DiIulio, a former Bush official who resigned in disgust, put it, 'What you’ve got is everything—and I mean everything—being run by the political arm. It’s the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis.'”
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