Promises, promises

From Allies signal big pullout from Iraq by Richard Beeston and Daniel McGrory Times of London 02/02/06.

As The Times first reported in December, American and British commanders have drawn up detailed plans for a pullout that they will present to the new Iraqi Government, which should be in place by next month.

Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the chairman of a joint Iraqi-coalition committee planning the transfer of security in the country, predicted this week that the number of foreign troops in his country would fall below 100,000 from its present level of 160,000. He said that plans were so advanced that an "instruction book" had been prepared, setting out which units would be leaving which areas.

"By the end of 2007 the overwhelming majority of the multinational forces will have left the country," he said.

I can believe that Bush's team would like to do something like this in 2006-7. Among other things, when our military leaders aren't busy policing cartoonists who hurt Rummy's feelings, they are freaking out over what's happening to the Army in the war.

But I normally end my posts at my personal blog about the Iraq War with this quote from George McGovern and Tim McGovern, "Wars are easy to get into, but hard as hell to get out of." Knowing what a mess the Mayberry Machiavellis made out of getting into this war, I'll believe this pullout talk when it actually happens.

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