Baker/Hamilton Iraq Panel says pull out of Iraq

[NFS4]

Was flipping channels and saw it on Anderson Cooper 360. Looking for links now.

I think most of America has been saying it for some time...should be interesting to see what the talking heads say tomorrow...oh yeah, and Tony Snow.

Study doesn't give a time table for withdrawal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/world...f934bb873891b&ei=5094&partner=homepage

 

[NJDevil]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Was flipping channels and saw it on Anderson Cooper 360. Looking for links now.

not on any sites i've checked ...

 

[NFS4]

Info is from a NY Times report:

Bush will get the report next week. No set timetable.

 

[NFS4]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/world...f934bb873891b&ei=5094&partner=homepage

 

[conjur]

Your thread title is misleading.

The bipartisan Iraq Study Group reached a consensus on Wednesday on a final report that will call for a gradual pullback of the 15 American combat brigades now in Iraq but stop short of setting a firm timetable for their withdrawal, according to people familiar with the panel?s deliberations.

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A person who participated in the commission?s debate said that unless the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki believed that Mr. Bush was under pressure to pull back troops in the near future, ?there will be zero sense of urgency to reach the political settlement that needs to be reached.?

The report recommends that Mr. Bush make it clear that he intends to start the withdrawal relatively soon, and people familiar with the debate over the final language said the implicit message was that the process should begin sometime next year.

The report leaves unstated whether the 15 combat brigades that are the bulk of American fighting forces in Iraq would be brought home, or simply pulled back to bases in Iraq or in neighboring countries. (A brigade typically consists of 3,000 to 5,000 troops.) From those bases, they would still be responsible for protecting a substantial number of American troops who would remain in Iraq, including 70,000 or more American trainers, logistics experts and members of a rapid reaction force.

Sounds a helluva lot like Murtha's resolution but without any teeth.

"sense of urgency"?


Yeah, al-Maliki is just sitting in Baghdad playing tiddly-winks.

 

[Termagant]

No timetable.... the War President has said he will maintain troops in Iraq for the remainder of his presidency. The "6 hour war" is now going to be the next administrations' problem. Troops will be shuffled around in Iraq and some will be stationed out in the desert as a rapid reaction force, but many will keep doing what they are doing. Apparently just recently some engineering brigades were moved into Baghdad, maybe to make some forts to hide out in while the Iraqis slaughter each other. Why do Americans have to stay there while they do that? Oh yeah, so the War President doesn't loose face by impotently pulling out.

 

[techs]

How many troops are in a brigade?

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: techs
How many troops are in a brigade?

if i remember, several thousand. 15 brigades might be enough to account for all the troops in iraq, not really sure though.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Note:
NFS4 has modified the OP - my comments have no longer applicability

 

[NFS4]

n/m

 

[techs]

They use "impotent" and "pull out" in the story.
I guess we need to stay in Iraq and "finish" the job

btw anyone know how many troops are in a brigade?

 

[Pens1566]

Bush and Cheney should be well versed in the art of the pullout. Isn't it the only birth control method they think exists?

 

[morkinva]

Sure, we'll pull out in 5, mmmmaybe 10 or 20 years. But this bogus panel of insiders will make it look like Bush is being spanked. Let the show continue.

Lee Hamilton - cfr
James Baker iii - cfr
Dick Cheney - cfr