Is this the work of any president, or is this the work of Gen. Petraeus and the job y'all are doing on the ground?
Bruce Sorge wrote: > Combat Brigade Is Cut 6 Weeks Early In Iraq > Reduction In Violence Speeds Departure > (Washington Post, November 6, 2008, Pg. 10) > Gen. David H. Petraeus has decided to reduce the number of U.S. combat > brigades in Iraq from 15 to 14 about six weeks earlier than planned, as a > result of dramatically lower violence there, Pentagon officials said. "The > hope is they can come home before Christmas," Pentagon press secretary Geoff > Morrell said of the decision. The plan accelerates the withdrawal from Iraq > of a 101st Airborne Division brigade of 3,500 to 4,000 troops that will not > be replaced. Another brigade from the 10th Mountain Division that was > scheduled to go to Iraq in its place will instead deploy to Afghanistan, as > announced earlier this fall. > > > > Gee, and all this before obama is sworn in. Looks like his job is getting > easier already. Can't wait to see how he is credited with this. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
