dubya, Maliki Agree on 'Time Horizon' for U.S. Troop Withdrawals

[George Gervin's Afro]

sigh....

I know none of you on here who want us to lose in Iraq will even consider this but here goes; the war in Iraq has been won and all that is left is going to be the "occasional" suicide bombing by Al Qaeda where a dozen or so civilians will be killed. I know that isnt acceptable either way but considering that violence is now down 90% in Iraq that is a victory. The new front is now in Afghanistan, soon some of the forces in Iraq will be sent to Afghanistan and I suspect that it will take about 1 1/2 years before things start to "normalize" over there. Now that we have a blueprint on how to win an insurgency that can be applied in Afghanistan.

The Surge worked and I know that it sucks for some of you to hear but its true.

And there will always be US troops in Iraq just like we're in Europe and Asia, so yes we'll probably be there for 100 years but I suspect there will only be between 10,000 - 25,000 troops, if even that.

What sucks is that it took bush and company too long to change his failed strategy. To his nuthuggers he was being principled but to everyone else he was negligent and it caused 4,000 deaths... That's what sucked. Care to coment about all of those folks who stated for many years that we needed more troops? YOu would then have to acknowledge that his original strategy was a failure if you want to give him credit for the surge.

[ElNono]

What sucks is that it took bush and company too long to change his failed strategy. To his nuthuggers he was being principled but to everyone else he was negligent and it caused 4,000 deaths... That's what sucked. Care to coment about all of those folks who stated for many years that we needed more troops? YOu would then have to acknowledge that his original strategy was a failure if you want to give him credit for the surge.

It's easier to stick it to Rumsfeld... Dubya is never wrong...