Petraeus Outlines Troop Withdrawal... PLANS???

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Why is emphasis on the word "plans?"
because:Petraeus claims it is "premature to make recommendations on the pace," while recommending that President Bush wait until March 2008 to make any decisions.

Petraeus Outlines Troop Withdrawal Plans

Guardian Unlimited
Tuesday September 11, 2007 3:16 AM


By DAVID ESPO

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top U.S. general in Iraq outlined plans Monday for the withdrawal of as many as 30,000 troops by next summer, drawing praise from the White House but a chilly reception from anti-war Democrats.

Gen. David Petraeus said a 2,000-member Marine unit would return home this month without replacement in the first sizable cut since a 2003 U.S-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein and unleashed sectarian violence.

Further "force reductions will continue," he told a nationally televised congressional hearing that was frequently interrupted by anti-war protesters...

In a written statement House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says "This is simply unacceptable." Inside the hearing, Democratic Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida told Petraeus that most independent experts say Bush's so-called surge in troop strength is a complete failure.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6911980,00.html

[Breeze54]

1. You want everything, don't you?

:sarcasm: Plans?? :rofl: What are those??

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. naa... all I want is a little more than silly song and dance from our leaders...

here's one for you, my friend:

Lynyrd Skynyrd

(j.j. cale)

Call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
I aint got me nobody
I dont carry me no load

Aint no change in the weather
Aint no changes in me
Well there aint no change in the weather
Aint no changes in me
And I aint hidin from nobody
Nobodys hidin from me
Oh, thats the way its supposed to be

Well I got that green light baby
I got to keep movin on
Well I got that green light baby
I got to keep movin on
Well I might go out to california
Might go down to georgia
I dont know

Well I dig you georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
Well now I dig you georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
But I dont love me no one woman
So I cant stay in georgia long

Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin down the road
I aint got me nobody
I dont carry me no load
Oooh mr breeze

[Breeze54]

3. You are sooo sweet!! My favorite song...

... among others!! :)

:hug: