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 [Just Observing] Withdrawal: Coming...coming...: Yet the current media buzz about possible withdrawal from Iraq... to foreshadow a drastic reduction of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq.

 [Old Hickory's Weblog] Iraq War: Home in 2006?: With a matter-of-fact tone, it reported: “The military will tell the [U.S. presidential] election winner there are insufficient U.S. forces in Iraq to wage effective war. That leaves three realistic options: Increase overall U.S. military strength to reinforce Iraq, stay with the present strength to continue the war, or get out.

[Pennywit.Com | Blogging That Makes Cents] About Last Night's Speech: Last night's speech, I think, was another part of that bet -- a reassurance that the United States doesn't regret betting on Iraq and, moreover, that the United States will bet even more on Iraq if it can. Various assurances about commitment, more troops if needed, and "we'll stand down as the Iraqi government stands up" are unimpressive to my ears.

 [Misterfixit's Blog] Smug and self-satisfied ?: As more civilians die and more Iraqis see their 'resistance' hailed across the Arab world as a watershed in the struggle against Western imperialism, the traditionally despised Saddam could gain appreciable support among his people. So, the Pentagon's failure to send enough troops to take Baghdad fairly quickly could complicate the postwar occupation, to say nothing of the war itself." Robert Wright, Slate, April 1.

 [The Commons] Daily Kos :: Do something every day -Chomsky: Before invading Iraq, intelligence sources were nearly unanimous that this action would increase the risk of terrorist attacks worldwide, and create a new training area for terrorists. The disgraceful lack of planning, and consequent systematic looting of 1980's weapon program equipment and newer conventional munitions, have provided terrorists with all of the equipment they need to carry out all kinds of terorist attacks against the interests of the USA.

 [Dowblog.blogspot.com] Dow Blog: In a report published earlier this year, the CIA admitted that the war in Iraq was a major recruiting device for Bin-Laden and his minions. The report states that, "Iraq...could provide recruitment, training grounds, technical skills and language proficiency for a new class of terrorists who are 'professionalized' and for whom political violence becomes an end in itself." The report also states that foreign jihadists "enjoy a growing sense of support from Muslims who are not necessarily supporters of terrorism."

 [Antiwar.com] Operation Withdrawal Scam - by Norman Solomon: With a matter-of-fact tone, it reported: "The military will tell the [U.S. presidential] election winner there are insufficient U.S. forces in Iraq to wage effective war. That leaves three realistic options: Increase overall U.S. military strength to reinforce Iraq, stay with the present strength to continue the war, or get out.

 [Gnn.tv] Hawking Syria: in Damascus in an article published in The Australian on April 14, 2003, declaring Lebanon as Syria’s ‘’soft underbelly.” A day later, Perle was asked whether he thought what happened with Saddam Hussein should happen in Syria, to which he replied: “I’ve argued for a long time that we should have worked with the opposition to Saddam Hussein (in Iraq).

[Blog.marmot.cc] The Marmot’s Hole » ROK troops to Iraq - One Marmot’s Opinion: The interests of the people of Iraq and world peace are all well and good, and definitely something we should strive for, but they are not something you base critical national decisions on, unless you are looking to court disaster. Yes, the people of Iraq need help, but so do a lot of people in the world - the security situation in the Congo is equally shitty, but I don’t see anyone (besides those parties with an expressed interest in being there) rushing to send troops.

 [Journals.aol.com] Old Hickory's Weblog: When Iraq War supporters accuse critics of Bush's Iraq policies of failing to "support the troops," they are repeating claims similar to those often made in wars. It seems particularly vapid from most Iraq War supporters because as, Jules Witcover observes, most of them are asked to do very little in concrete terms to support the troops (Politics at the pump Baltimore Sun 07/27/05):

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