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| Murtha-Perfect Time To Get Out of Iraq |
jackreade |
06/12/06 |
WASHINGTON - "Encouraged by the death of a top terrorist leader and continued progress on the formation of a new government in
Iraq,
President Bush is gathering his top military and civilian war advisers to plan the U.S. role in the country's future.
The president planned two days of meetings at the mountainous Camp David presidential retreat starting Monday, with national security advisers on hand and top commanders in Iraq connected by videoconference.
White House officials have said announcements of force reductions are not expected. Yet the top U.S. commander in Baghdad predicted on the eve of the meeting that coalition troops will gradually move out of the country in the coming months.
Gen. George Casey said he thinks it will be possible to withdraw *some* of the 130,000 U.S. forces in the months ahead ***as long as Iraq's government and security forces make progress***.
Casey would not say whether he plans to advise Bush on a troop reduction plan Monday. But the general hinted the time soon may come for such a recommendation.
"I was waiting until we got a government seated before I gave the president another recommendation so we have some sense of what we've got," Casey said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, took office last month and appointed the key final ministers last week.
Bush has said the new government marks a new chapter in the U.S. relationship with Iraq. ***With Republicans worried about losing control of Congress in November's midterm elections and most Americans saying they would like some troops to come home, Bush is under pressure***. Only a third of respondents to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll in early June supported Bush's handling of the situation — an all-time low.
But he has been careful not to signal any troop reductions yet, continuing to say he will make those decisions when commanders in the field advise him to do so.
Rep. John Murtha , D-Pa., a critic of U.S. involvement in Iraq, said Monday that now is "a perfect time" for a troop withdrawal. "People want a change in this country ... a change in direction, and I hope the president hears that and I hope the Iraqis ask us to leave," Murtha said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"Even this attack on Zarqawi happened from the air," Murtha said. "There's no real need for us to be inside the country."
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Murtha's right. Zarqawi was killed from the air, not on land. Americans don't want to see soldierd die and get maimed ad infinitum.....and will vote against those who disagree.
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