There you go. Notice that he says the surge can't continue, but he doesn't rule out having a significant force in Iraq after April. I think the politicians are beginning to coalesce around the strategy of ending the surge sometime around next April and drawing down troops to the 80-100K level to fight Al Qaeda and train government forces.
On 8/1/07, Gruss wrote: > > > Yeah and it sounds like that'll be sooner than later. Finally I think > we have a JCSC that's a straight shooter rather than a yes-man: > > Adm. Michael G. Mullen, President Bush's nominee to head the Joint > Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate panel yesterday that the war in Iraq is > taking a heavy toll on the U.S. military, warning that American forces > are "not unbreakable" and stressing the need to "plan for an eventual > drawdown" of troops. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239415 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
