1.0link5149<![CDATA[Politics as Usual?]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dal-lamagna/politics-as-usual_b_5149.htmlA general mentions troop draw-downs; an ambassador creates a U.S.-Iraqi task force to devise a plan for withdrawing foreign forces from Iraq; a memo outlining conditions for an early 2006 withdrawal written by a British defense minister is leaked.
Why?
Why the sudden noise about withdrawal from an administration that has been adamant about not leaving until our job is done?
Certainly none involved were omniscient enough to know that 45 American troops would have been killed in the last...