Bush Wants an Increase While Brits, South Koreans, Want Out - Italians Left Last Month
"This speech, given last night by this president, represents the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it is carried out."
-Senator Chuck Hagel, Republicans from Nebraska
The Italians have left, and the Slovaks are about to. Britons want to start getting out, and so do Danes and South Koreans.
President Bush's plan to send 21,500 more troops into Iraq has not inspired America's coalition partners to follow suit. Washington's top war partners, London and Seoul, are looking to draw down their forces, and they are not alone.
Italy, once the third-largest partner with 3,000 troops in southern Iraq, brought the last of its soldiers home last month.
Now Britain, America's chief ally, hopes to cut its 7,000-member force in the southern city of Basra by several thousand in the first half of the year. Prime Minister Tony Blair is preparing to announce a withdrawal of about 2,600 soldiers, the Financial Times reported Friday.
posted by storiesinamerica @ 11:17 AM
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"Getting out"....Hey, if it's a good idea for the South Koreans, maybe it's a good idea for us as well.
Can we have a show of hands for how many would like to see the United States get out of South Korea? South Korea? Hello? Is this thing on? Hello? Hello?
Speaking of British soldiers, check out this guy's observations....
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/DispatchesFromBaghdadASoldiersViewOnIraq.htm
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