I think no clearer form of that than if the President were to announce on the
15th, that in consultation with our senior military commanders, he's decided to
initiate the first step in a withdrawal of our forces. I say to the President
respectfully, pick whatever number you wish. You do not want to lose the
momentum, but certainly in the 160,000 plus, 5,000 could begin to redeploy and
be home to their families and loved ones by no later than Christmas of this
year.
This pointless political theater, the Iraqis know that we are not going to be there forever. In fact the problems don't come from the people who think we will be there forever, but from those who think that we will leave before we are done. Taking out 5,000 men would have little to no impact on the situation on the ground, and wouldn't really send a message to the Iraqis at all, except that the American government is willing to make pointless gestures in an effort to send messages to people who already get it.
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