13/0/07
Last night the President in his speech stated the following highlights on the policy of the United States in Iraq " our success in meeting these objectives now allows us to begin bringing some of our troops home. " Although the government of Iraq has been slow it has achieved the following, " Iraq's national leaders are getting some things done. For example, they have passed a budget. They're sharing oil revenues with the provinces. They're allowing former Baathists to rejoin Iraq's military or receive government pensions. Local reconciliation is taking place. The key now is to link this progress in the provinces to progress in Baghdad. As local politics change, so will national politics. " The success in Iraq allows for more troops to come home as stated in a report to Congress, " Now, because of the measure of success we are seeing in Iraq, we can begin seeing troops come home. The way forward I have described tonight makes it possible, for the first time in years, for people who have been on opposite sides of this difficult debate to come together." The policy in Iraq with follow the pattern of after World War Two and the Korean War, when American Troops have bases in these countries. Failure would benefit Iran and terrorists in the region. In the end the President is still convinced that he can win when it comes to Iraq.
