"Throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and hope something sticks" pony plan
New York Times reporter Michael Gordon, whose recent antics were discussed at length by Glenn Greenwald, has been given a peek at a classified military plan requiring the U.S. to remain in Iraq until at least 2009. (Oddly, I haven't heard any outcry from the Bush administration this morning about leaks of classified information to the New York Times, have you?) It would seem fairly obvious that Gordon's new bff, former White House advisor Gen. Baghdad Bergner, passed it to him.
Gordon describes it this way:
The latest plan, which covers a two-year period, does not explicitly address troop levels or withdrawal schedules. It anticipates a decline in American forces as the "surge" in troops runs its course later this year or in early 2008. But it nonetheless assumes continued American involvement to train soldiers, act as partners with Iraqi forces and fight terrorist groups in Iraq, American officials said.
Gordon describes it this way:
The latest plan, which covers a two-year period, does not explicitly address troop levels or withdrawal schedules. It anticipates a decline in American forces as the "surge" in troops runs its course later this year or in early 2008. But it nonetheless assumes continued American involvement to train soldiers, act as partners with Iraqi forces and fight terrorist groups in Iraq, American officials said.
posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 4:10 PM
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