The "cut and run" President

I'm not putting too much stock in this. With the Iraqi elections days away, this could just be an effort to influence the outcome, but it's big enough, I thought I ought to put it up. The Times of London.

BRITAIN and America are planning a phased withdrawal of their forces from Iraq as soon as a permanent government is installed in Baghdad after this week’s elections. ....

A senior Western diplomat in Baghdad said yesterday: “One of the first things we will talk about (with the new Iraqi government) is the phased transfer of security, particularly in cities and provinces. It will happen progressively over the next year.”

As the plan sounds a little familiar, I would ask that you please send my check to Medicins Sans Frontiers. Not the most efficient in the charity ratings, but they operate in the hottest of hotspots where no one else will go.