[ejdrapes]

Is this really a new strategy? Haven't we always said we won't stay a day longer than we have to?

[konijn]

It's hot air

[laconic]

Sounds like its "Declare victory and get out of the mess".

[BillyCrockett]

"Haven't we always said we won't stay a day longer than we have to?"

Sure have. This isn't even a news story.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

"War is an ugly thing, but it is not the ugliest of things; The decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is
worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to
fight, nothing he cares about more than his personal safety, is a miserable
creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the
exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill

[stremba]

This is a non story. We have said that we are turning sovereignity over to the Iraqis on July 1. If this is to be a meaningful transfer of power, we must remove our troops if the new government asks us to. This doesn't change the situation at all. The new government will know that they need US troops to maintain security until an Iraqi army is in place and is capable of doing the job.