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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:28 AM
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Top US General: Iraqis Want US Out
Iraqis want us out, says US general
From correspondents in Washington DC
26dec05

THE top US military commander admitted Sunday that Iraqis wanted US and other foreign troops to leave the country "as soon as possible", and said US troop levels in Iraq were now being re-assessed on a monthly basis.

The admission by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine General Peter Pace followed a decision by the Pentagon to reduce its presence in Iraq by two army brigades, which amounts to about 7000 soldiers.

"Understandably, Iraqis themselves would prefer to have coalition forces leave their country as soon as possible," General Pace said in a Christmas Day interview on the Fox News Sunday show. "They don't want us to leave tomorrow, but they do want us to leave as soon as possible."

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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:30 AM
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1. Now, didn't Bush say we would stay until asked to leave?
How will he respond? Cut 'n run?
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 08:43 AM
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2. They're REALLY going to want us out
after their "democratically elected" government signs a treaty with Iran.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 09:01 AM
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3. The Iraqis want the U.S. out of their country. Much as Saudi Arabia
wanted us out. It took 911 for the US to pull out of Saudi, what will it take for the US to pull out of Iraq. The point is, that as long as we are in Iraq, the people in the US are not safe.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 10:33 AM
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4. Germans, Italians, Japanese, South Koreans and others want the same thing
Doesn't mean they are going to get it though.

Don
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-26-05 11:47 AM
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5. Same thing that John Murta has been saying for months
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