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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77642)	6/25/2006 10:49:58 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Wonder what Bush thinks about how dumb the American people are. one one hand, he is telling the American people that the Democrats, led by Kerry and Murtha, are proposing a "cut and run" while at the same time he is planning to withdraw significant troops in late summer/early fall, irrespective of the situation on the ground in Iraq! Does he really think the Americans are not all that smart to see through his game? Iraqi PM releases national reconciliation plan Al-Maliki offers amnesty to fighters who renounce violence BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq’s prime minister unveiled a 24-point national reconciliation initiative Sunday, offering amnesty to insurgents who renounce violence and have not committed terrorist attacks on American soldiers or Iraqis. Nouri al-Maliki’s much-anticipated plan lacked important details, but issued specific instructions to Iraqi security forces to rapidly take control of the country so U.S. and other foreign troops can leave eventually. It didn’t include a deadline for their withdrawal. Al-Maliki said Iraq also must deal with the problem of militias, which are blamed for a surge of sectarian bloodshed that has worsened violence in Iraq — which saw at least 29 people killed Sunday The new government is reaching out to Iraq’s disenchanted Sunni Arab minority, which is at the heart of the insurgency, in hopes of enticing Sunnis into taking a place in the new Iraq and giving up the rebellion. “To those who want to rebuild our country, we present an olive branch,” al-Maliki told applauding lawmakers. “And to those who insist on killing and terrorism, we present a fist with the power of law to protect our country and people.” Plan for early withdrawal? While al-Maliki set no timetable for an American troop pullout, officials in Washington reported that Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the top commander in Iraq, had drafted a plan for drawing down the American presence by two combat brigades in late summer or early autumn. The New York Times said officials indicated the reduction could involve the 1st Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division, which patrols a swath of west Baghdad, and the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, in troublesome Diyala and Salahuddin provinces. ...contd at msnbc.msn.com