So the early leaking from the Baker/Hamilton group is that they will be calling for phased withdrawal. Ah good old phased withdrawal. Not seting a timetable or deadline, mind you, just kind of slowly moving to the exit. Shuffle your feet, slowly back away, however its done, these guys want out of Iraq. Leave fast, leave slow, call it anything you want, just get out.
Next step: The Bush administration doing its best to ignore the report, while making a big deal out of how much they are "considering" it.
UPDATE: More leaks. Now the word is the panel will recomend "withdrawing nearly all U.S. combat units from Iraq by early 2008 while leaving behind troops to train, advise and support the Iraqis, setting the first goal for a major drawdown of U.S. forces. Get Out.
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If Maliki says he will be ready in six months and Baker says get out of combat in 12-15 months, only a deaf, dumb and blind person would refuse to go along.
Oh, wait.
That's who's in the White House.
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