Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Officials: Bush to adopt Petraeus advice on troop withdrawals - CNN.com
Is anyone really surprised here? President Bush didn't really have a choice in the matter. With General Petraeus saying that there is progress and we can bring the surge troops home by next summer if things continue the way they are now, Bush wouldn't really have a leg to stand on if he chose otherwise.
Plus, had he not followed General Petraeus' advice, he would have looked like a hypocrite for saying "listen to the commanders on the ground".
Now that the firestorm has subsided ever so slightly, the real work is in prodding Iraqi lawmakers and their security forces to start getting on the ball about various issues.
That's where we need to focus on more than anything else. The local folks are starting to stand on their own two feet and driving out insurgents. We're not out of the woods yet, but I can see civilization.
Travis
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