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1 posted on 12/29/2005 9:36:10 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Wasn`t this the "PLAN" from the start?


2 posted on 12/29/2005 9:38:29 PM PST by bybybill (GOD help us if the Rats win)
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Post Election Developments
Drawing Down, Compromises and Continuing the Fight

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The U.S. drawdown is subject to change, and is attributed to the increasing proficiency of the Iraqi Security Forces and their ability to operate independently and take ownership of their own battlespace. One example is the 8th Iraqi Army Division in the city of Diwaniyah in al-Qadissiya province, south of Baghdad. Six battalions and two brigades of the 8th Iraqi Army Division have completed certification; “

3 posted on 12/29/2005 9:39:59 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Peter Pace, seen here in November 2005 ... AFP/File/Tim Sloan)


5 posted on 12/29/2005 9:41:16 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This was ALWAYS the plan. Pentagon Channel has been talking about 92k by the end of '06 for months. It seems the military has published this and talked about it for some time, but it didn't fit the MSM agenda so they didn't report it.

NOW that it can be spun as a response to Democratic pressures and negative poll results (as is implied here) it can be reported as yet another caving by the "weakened president".


7 posted on 12/29/2005 9:45:28 PM PST by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Things continue as planned. Iraqi trained forces meet the evalution process to advance in the 1 to 5 chart, towards 2 and 1 levels, and they prove in the field they can handle a given AOR, we stand down, vacate areas, maintain small footprint presence if things hold in AOR. Nothing new, all projected, disclosed, and discussed in detail for some two years.
As we know. In no shape or form have the rotten demorates had any input to this strategy upon success criteral worked out.
Harry Reid and company can stick their heads up their a.. Plain and simple.
Semper Fi to all our troops and our coalition forces! I stand at attention and salute their efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan 100%. And I salute GWB and all associates to having the wisdom and fortitude to not shrink from what was required.
8 posted on 12/29/2005 10:04:21 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Amazing. Wonder which DNC Member this AP reporter is married/related too? Not even TRYING to be intellectually honest or object. Typical Asso. Propaganda piece. No news, just spin.


11 posted on 12/30/2005 4:14:13 AM PST by MNJohnnie (We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
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