Troop drawdown timetable revealed
Richard Nixon once stated that the public’s memory is 6 months long. He was suggesting that all that matters to voters on Election Day are the things that occur in the final six months. Ever since Bush announced his intention to defy voters, military commanders and analysts and his own Iraq Study Group, it was obvious to me that Bush would wait till the final six months - April of ‘08 - to begin the withdrawal process. And in October ‘08, he’ll announce a second drawdown of troops. Nixon used similar ploys to gain reelection in ‘72.
In simplest terms, these men and women are pawns on Bush’s political chess board.
