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Originally Posted by djstestudo
Sounds to me like the plan is to start bringing troops home if things continue to move forward in Iraq.
In other words, basically what the plan should have been, and likely was, all along.
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And of course the administration can claim anything they want, because there is no external objective standard to indicate whether "Iraqi security forces are ready" etc.
So they are free to do whatever they think is required by domestic politics, while all the while claiming that it is not a change in policy.
If you are comfortable with trusting the bush administration, then you are comfortable in believing that politics had nothing to do with this
completely unexpected announcement.
My personal view is that John Murtha galvanized public opinion in a way that forced the administration into this position.