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Whom will the President believe? As he flew out of Iraq on Air Force One, I asked him whether Hemming's words would affect his decision on troop levels. Unlike the Marine, the Commander in Chief did not stray from his script. "The main factor that will affect my decision on troop levels," he said, "is, Can we succeed...
Crowd favorite as always, rallying the audience on the Second Amendment. Repeated his suggestion from a past debate that 9/11 was caused in part by a reaction to the American troop presence in the Middle East. When Chris Wallace followed up by asking if the U.S. should take its marching orders from al-Qaeda, crisply invoked the Constitution...
...Much of what happens in Iraq is bewildering and contradictory. A surge in U.S. troops has helped secure the capital - but seems to have pushed the violence elsewhere. Casualties among U.S. troops were down slightly in July and August but are surpassing last year's levels. An avalanche of new progress reports is interpreted by both proponents and opponents of U.S. policy as validation of their positions. Even the President's comments about troop levels can be confounding: Bush made the trip in part to pressure a reluctant Congress to permit his 30,000-troop surge, announced in January...
...What happens now in Congress? Less than many might expect. Democrats have been trying a variety of approaches since January: setting timetables, limiting deployments or easing troop-deployment schedules. Despite or maybe because of the consistent and vocal demands of the party's antiwar flank, none of the Democratic efforts have yet attracted lasting bipartisan support. The few that have come close fall well short of veto-proof margins. The best proposals, like the plan developed by Democratic Senators Carl Levin of Michigan and Jack Reed of Rhode Island that would begin withdrawals by 120 days after passage, mustered only...
...Will troops start coming home? Petraeus is likely to recommend that troop levels remain constant at around 160,000 soldiers and Marines until April 2008, when a gradual redeployment will begin. The drawdown process will seem agonizingly slow, and that's because it will be - one 3,500-strong brigade and its supporting personnel a month. The timing is strategic and political. Pentagon personnel predict a massive drop in recruiting and retention in April if troops overseas aren't given long-promised breaks to go home. The political clock is ticking too. A partial springtime withdrawal would permit the White...