January 2007: The Democrats' Iraq problem

A post from January 2007:

Once again, we see the Democrats dancing around the issue of Iraq. Sen. Reid & Speaker Pelosi wrote this to Pres. Bush:

"Rather than deploy additional forces to Iraq, we believe the way forward is to begin the phased redeployment of our forces in the next four to six months, while shifting the principal mission of our forces there from combat to training, logistics, force protection and counter-terror.

A renewed diplomatic strategy, both within the region and beyond, is also required to help the Iraqis agree to a sustainable political settlement.

In short, it is time to begin to move our forces out of Iraq and make the Iraqi political leadership aware that our commitment is not open ended, that we cannot resolve their sectarian problems, and that only they can find the political resolution required to stabilize Iraq."

This is not a policy. This is dancing around the issue. What is redeployment? And where do we redeploy to?

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