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WASHINGTON -- The struggle against the Iraq insurgency passed a crucial tipping point Wednesday with the current prime minister calling for major U.S. troop withdrawals and the U.S. ground commander there acknowledging they will probably come next year
Remember when Edwards said during the debates that we need to refocus our attention to training Iraqi security forces?
Well check out what the PM said:
Al-Jaafari said his government would welcome the move provided it had "two aspects."
The first, he said, would be that the United States would step up the scale and intensity of its training of massive new Iraqi security forces. Rumsfeld is expected to give the go-ahead for that with no hesitation.
The second, al-Jaafari said, was that the U.S. plans its withdrawals in coordination with the Iraqi government and its new security forces. U.S. senior officials have already assured Baghdad that will be the case, U.S. military sources have told UPI.
And a military officer says anonymously:
"We're not making forward progress," he said. "The insurgency has great untapped resources. The insurgency isn't defeated. It just isn't so. The overall trend is up."
The truth is finally coming through. For all of us who knew that this war was a farce from day one, well, what can I say? It is the saddest form of recognition I have ever received.