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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:17 AM
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News Alert. CNN. Gen. Casey may recommend troop reduction
Edited on Thu Jun-22-06 09:34 AM by Solly Mack
Gen. George Casey, commanding general of U.S. forces in Iraq, may recommend reducing troop levels in Iraq by up to two brigades -- an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 troops -- by year's end, military sources tell CNN.

http://us.cnn.com



News Briefing at 3:30 P.M. EST - per CNN(Kagan person). General Casey along with Rumsfeld.

Edited to add this link with story now posted at CNN:

http://us.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/22/iraq.main/index.html
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:18 AM
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1. Yes, on or about October 1st n/t
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:19 AM
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3. You got it; right before November. I don't see things improving
in Iraq, so I wonder what their reasoning will be?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:20 AM
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5. Yep - "playing politics"
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:19 AM
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2. Didn't I read they were preparing to deploy 21,000 NG?
Like last week?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:20 AM
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4. I believe you're correct
I recall reading about a new deployment
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drthais Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:21 AM
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6. uhhh...does that recommendation include the
21,000 new troops we're about to send in?
wouldn't that actually be an INCREASE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:24 AM
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8. Yes...a net gain of 11k
If they send 21 and remove 10..that's 11k more
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:22 AM
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7. this sounds like a big shell game-send 20,000-bring home 6,000
call it a reduction
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:25 AM
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9. Exactly
Sounds exactly like that
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:28 AM
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10. So rotating the troops is a big favor?
Even in World War II troops rotated to some degree. This isn't hardly any news at all--except that whatever bad things happen afterwards will be blamed on the dems for "pressuring" Bush to withdraw troops.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:30 AM
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13. That's a given. All anti-war and withdrawal advocates will be blamed
for the aftermath of invading a country based on lies.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:29 AM
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11. they'll put on a good show of it...
act like they're drawing down...talk about it and maybe even bring some home. After the elections, they'll put troop levels back to where they were.

If I hear 'stay the course' one more time I'm going to scream.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:32 AM
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14. No kidding! "Stay the course" sets my teetth on edge
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:30 AM
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12. I wonder if this is number 3 or 4 deployment for these national guard
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