An excellent little gem in
Newsweek:
President Bush will move U.S. troops out of Iraq if the country descends into civil war, according to one senior Bush aide who declined to be named while talking about internal strategy. "If there's a full-blown civil war, the president isn't going to allow our forces to be caught in the crossfire," the aide said.
So Bush will wait until the very last possible moment, when full blown Civil War has arrived... to Cut and Run from Iraq.
So the policy is: Stay the Course...and Cut and Run if things get heavy.
Democrats offer another option, one written by leading military commanders and military/intelligence strategists: Strategic Redeployment.
This is not Cut and Run, remember thats the President's plan.
Redeployment is a recognition of the reality in Iraq, wherein the United States takes control of its future. We decide when it is in America's best interest to leave the streets of Iraq. When we say we will stand down, the Iraqis will be forced to stand up for themselves. We will remain in the region to continue to fight terrorist organizations and offer humanitarian aid.
However, the US military is given the flexability that is needed to successfully wage the Global War on Terror and Secure our Homeland.
The Republican plan is to sit and wait in Baghdad and hope everything goes well... and if it doesn't: Cut and Run.
The Democratic Party offers voters a clear choice: the Republican's "Stay the Course till we Cut and Run"... or a future in Americas hands through "Strategic Redployment".
Cross-posted at Never Apathetic