"The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting the U.S. role from combat to support and advising, according to a source familiar with the deliberations."
or from my column published October 25, 2006:
". . . the ISG's task is to create political cover for White House and congressional Republicans as they initiate some form of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Such political cover is needed because the White House and congressional Republicans have tarred everyone who wants to withdraw U.S. forces as "cut-and-run" cowards.
Shortly after the November election, Baker's Iraq Study Group will release its recommendations on Iraq. They will include a repackaging of "cut and run" into something more politically palatable. "Trim and trot." "Slash and dash." "Cleave and leave." Whatever they're labeled, the ISG's recommendations will try to allow Dubya to forsake his pledge to "stay the course" and do it in such to way to minimize domestic political criticism."
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