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Eschaton —
Doesn't really sound like much. TUCSON, July 18 -- President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "time horizon" for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq as security conditions in the war-ravaged nation continue to improve, White House officials said here Friday. The agreement, reached during a video conference Thursday between Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, marks a dramatic shift for the Bush administration, which for years has condemned any talk of timetables for withdrawal.
Call it “macaroni”
Martini Revolution —
or a “Time Horizon” or a “Aspirational Goal.”
Bush, Maliki Agree on ‘Time Horizon’ for U.S. Troop Withdrawals
President Bush and Iraq’s prime minister have agreed to set a “time horizon” for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq as security conditions in the war-ravaged nation continue to improve, White House officials said here Friday.
The agreement, reached during a video conference Thursday between Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, marks a dramatic shift for the Bush ...
Bush and Maliki Agree to Iraq "Time Horizon" for Troop Withdrawal
TalkLeft —
... President Bush and Iraq Prime Minister Maliki have agreed to set a "time horizon" rather than a timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq. The White House released this statement today: ...
NA GA HA PEN
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda —
... Working at home today, and MSNBC is all atwitter about this:
“In the area of security cooperation, the [U.S.]
president and the [Iraqi] prime minister agreed that improving
conditions should allow for the agreements now under negotiation to
include a general time horizon for meeting aspirational goals,” the
statement said. It said those goals include turning over more control
to Iraqi security forces and “the further reduction of U.S. combat
forces from Iraq.”
A “general time horizon for meeting aspirational ...
