Posted by Brad @ 1:52 am on June 2nd 2007

Punt, punt, punt…

Officials told ABC’s Martha Raddatz that the senior commanders in Iraq — Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno and Gen. David Petraeus — want the surge to continue until at least December and expect to report enough progress by September to justify the extension.

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  1. The strategy, as pointed out by a dkos contributer:

    …that would cut the troops down to roughly 130,000 by the end of 2008, with further reductions the following year.

    So in 19 months, with all that progress Patraeus hears about from the voices in his head, troop levels will be able to be reduced to…where they were three months ago.

    Make no mistake, the Bush strategy is to run out the clock, and to hopefully tie the next administration’s hands. Bush has become obsessed with his legacy, and believes that history is his only judge. He also believes (rightly) that his historic image will be directly tied to Iraq, and that a bipartisan throwing-off of the yoke will be the end of his chances of not making it on most “Worst Presidents” lists for the next hundred years or more.

    I believe he’ll do what he can to tighten and hammer in the yoke as much as he can get away with.

    Comment by Brad — 6/2/2007 @ 1:56 am

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