>>I just read a news story about Blair's announcement on cnn.com and don't understand why this has been described as a plan for British withdrawal from Iraq. It sounds more like a troop reduction. No timetable was set for when the remaining 5500 British troops will leave.
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>So long as the Americans don't start calling us "back-sliding withdrawal monkeys"! :-)


Believe me, there are more people here all the time who think the U.S. should be moving in the same direction. Unfortunately "The Decider" and his cohorts are not among them. They plan to send MORE troops to Iraq, and also seem to have an itchy trigger finger for Iran.