White House plays down report of Iraq troop cut

[babylonsister]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26217367.htm

White House plays down report of Iraq troop cut
26 May 2007 18:12:10 GMT
Source: Reuters


By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The White House on Saturday played down a newspaper report that the Bush administration was weighing a scenario for possibly sharp cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.

The New York Times, citing unnamed senior U.S. officials, reported the administration was developing concepts in which U.S. combat forces would be reduced to around 100,000 by the middle of the 2008 presidential election year from close to 150,000 now.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino noted that 30,000 extra U.S. troops for Iraq, ordered by Bush in January as part of a security crackdown, had not all arrived yet. The final wave of reinforcements is expected in mid-June.

Perino said the increase was aimed at setting the very conditions that would allow U.S. troops to return home.

"We, of course, would like to be in a position to bring down troop levels, but certain conditions, as assessed by senior military advisers and commanders on the ground, need to be met to warrant that," she said in an e-mail in response to a Reuters query.

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[liberal N proud]

1. Standard bu$h regime operating procedure...

Leak the information then deny or act like it means nothing.

[jaxx]

2. Crumbs for the sheeple.

They always tell them what they want to hear.

[DemGa]

3. Love how the bush cabal leaks information

then argues against it.

Another variation is when they leak a story to the NYT's, then use the the paper as a confirming source for their information. Bastids.

[onethatcares]

4. bullfukkingshit, all it is

will be talk of something or other. Remember, no timelines, no benchmarks, but now they know mid 2008 will be the time to start reducing troop levels, jesus on a unicycle, they just started building up the number of troops, what are they gonna do? Stop at baghdad airport and bring more out than go in???

[Bobbieo]

5. Please, don't underestimate the strategies of the Bushites.

If they are doing what BabylonSister says they are doing - there is a reason.They are the sneakiest bastards on this earth. Try to analyze why they would be doing it.