US troops in Iraq cut by up to 20 percent 'The United States has reduced its forces in Iraq by up to 20 percent in the last two months, but may choose to raise the number of troops if the situation worsens, a top US General reportedly said. "We have reduced our forces already in Iraq by about 15 or 20 percent over the past couple of months," General John Abizaid, commander of the US Central Command, told Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas'.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Bush doing what Democrats told him to do
When Bob Murtha and other Democrats called for troop withdrawals from Iraq a few months ago Bush and other wingnuts kicked and screamed about it being the wrong policy and 'sends the wrong message' to the terrorists, blah, blah, blah.
I knew then that it would be just a matter of time before they realized that Bush's Iraq policy would doom Republicans if it continued and they would do just what the Democrats were calling for way before next November's Congressional races.
And, I was right;
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