Guess who is reporting that a "quick exit from Iraq is likely" under a Bush administration?
Why it's Robert Novak, the man who leaked the name of Valerie Plame as a CIA agent. Way to get your scoops, Rob!
This is clever, you have to admit it: by spreading a rumour that Bush is ready to pull out of Iraq, Rove splits the anti-war vote and distances Bush from the neo-conservative's failed ideology... until November 3rd.
Personally, I didn't even read the article. Sure it makes sense to pull out of Iraq and let them start fixing up their own country, but it ain't gonna happen under a Bush/Cheney administration. US soldiers are building 14 massive military bases across Iraq even as we speak: they aren't planning on leaving anytime soon.
Indeed, GOP senators who have criticized the war in Iraq are actually calling for an increase in US soldiers, and the much-vaunted Sen. John McCain yesterday called for an even more violent onslaught against Falluja and other rebel strongholds. Like Juan Cole, I can't believe such bloody madness is being seriously touted as a path to free and fair elections in January 2005:
"What does McCain think the election would look like, with Ramadi, Fallujah and other Sunni cities reduced to rubble? Does he think the sullen Sunni Arabs will actually just jump on a US bandwagon in the wake of such brutality? Does he have any idea of the sheer number of feuds that will have been incurred with the Sunni tribes?"
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