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To: Les H who wrote (82375)	6/3/2007 4:21:14 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

What drawdown in Iraq? We are being played ... Remember when we would know by "April or May"? Even Republicans supporting President Bush's new Iraq strategy have been saying this is the last chance for the Iraqi government, and there may be an underlying message for the President there as well. US News Political Bulletin hears from GOP strategists with close ties to Capitol Hill that the President and his senior aides are too optimistic about keeping GOP congressional support for the Iraq war over the long term. One senior Republican adviser says Bush has "until April or May" to improve things in Iraq. If he cannot, he could face a GOP rebellion that could result in reductions in spending for the conflict and legislation to start bringing the troops home. usnews.com Of course the surge has failed: U.S. announces 14 troop deaths in Iraq news.yahoo.com Even the military is wondering if it is "their surge, not ours": "Sometimes," said Brendan Gallagher, [a captain], "we like to comfort ourselves when we are taking a lot of IEDs and casualties by saying that the enemy is desperate, they are doing this because they are scared. But how many times can they actually be desperate? I sometimes worry that this period will end up going down here as their surge, not ours." latimes.com Now people think there is some sort of deadline in September. Nah. We are being played as fools ... Bush will never leave Iraq because he equates leaving with losing. Bush is a coward, and he will leave the mess for the next President.