Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Waffling on the War?

Bush isn't, but it sounds like his generals are, as I said the other day:

On Monday, President Bush continued to articulate the MacArthurian objective in the following language regarding troop levels: "That decision will be made by General Casey, as well as the sovereign government of Iraq, based upon conditions on the ground. And one of the things that General Casey assured me of is that, whatever recommendation he makes, it will be aimed toward achieving victory. And that's what we want."
But note that the president's statement was in response to press reports that General Casey is recommending up to two brigades being withdrawn within six months and perhaps 30,000 more by the end of next year. While all of these Pentagon plans for troop reductions are publicly conditioned on Iraqi forces being able to pick up the slack, nonetheless the generals are giving the strong impression to reporters and other Washington insiders that they have a strong urge to draw down troops...the "timetable" Democrats sound like the bladder control advertisement on TV: "Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go."


I think Casey should go, who increasingly is using Democrat talking points, and replaced with a FIGHTING GENERAL.