In a move instigated by the British but applauded by the coalition, the plams to move all western troops out of Iraq by Spring of 2007 are well on the way.
Reeuters reports that the British and U.S. governments have accepted that the presence of western troops is now the major source of the violence in Iraq.
I guess that with the decision to pull western troops out, the only questions the Republicans have left to answer is how they will spin this as a win for the Republicans, and how they will blame the Democrats for the failures in Iraq which will inevitably crop up.
DemFmCT at the Next Hurrah provides an analysis of this event.
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Merely a timetable for pulling out or redeploying by itself is insufficient. We need to make it abunduntly clear that we have no designs on establishing permanent bases inside Iraq. Former Republican Congressman, Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp made that point on ABC's This Week this mornning in a joint appearance with John Edwards. The Democrats are reportedly poised to announce a unified position regarding a timetable for withdrawl. To have any real meaning it should include a stipulation about no permanent bases inside Iraq.
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