Chalabi's showing in the recent elections really stunk.
Which goes to show that it was smart of the Bush administration not to impose him on Iraq, as so many neocons would have had him do.
Rumsfeld announces the possibility of a small troop reduction. As I understand it, this would bring our forces to about 131,000 - down from 138,000 as the normal baseline. (Admittedly, the article is vague on whether the 2 brigades (about 7,000 troops) are in addition to the reduction of troops to the baseline level of 138,000, or if part of their number will be included in the "reduction to baseline," but it does say that the troop level will be reduced below the current baseline of 138,000.
This is probably not very significant, and may be kiboshed by future events, but it would still constitute a real reduction and so I am pleased by it.
That is all.
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