I found this article rather unsettling....I would have preferred a joint statement from the US Administration along with our British allies if there is in fact some consideration of such a radical and rapid change.
It caught me off-guard and causes me concern as to how much communication is occurring.
Also, by announcing this, the terrorists will merely wait until spring before launching any major offenses.
Well said my friend.
But let's take it one logical step forward. Don't you see the "fine renaissance hand" of The Al Queda in all this?
This is vintage War Propaganda and the Brits are being led around by the nose in the role of gullible twits making disloyal and divisive press commentary for their "clients"...the Islamo-fascists.
Small wonder you are a little disconcerted by this utterly disloyal conduct.
You're not alone in this, dear one.
"I would have preferred a joint statement from the US Administration along with our British allies if there is in fact some consideration of such a radical and rapid change."
Explain how is it radical and rapid? Perhaps you didn't read the article about how this has been planned, and how it fits in with the previous handovers by British to Iraqi security forces and similar operations in American controlled areas.
Well, you dropped the ball there. It caught no one off guard on this side of the Atlantic. It's only been building up in the news here for ages.