Rumsfeld has never laid out a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home
and has repeatedly pledged that the forces would stay as long as
required.


From The Chicago Tribune, 7/10/03:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...l=chi-news-hed

New: Attacks kill 2 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

Troops face indefinite stay

General says U.S. to maintain force level in Iraq `for foreseeable
future'

By Thom Shanker
New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON --

Gen. Tommy Franks said Wednesday that violence and uncertainty in Iraq
make it unlikely that troop levels will be reduced "for the
foreseeable future," and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld nearly
doubled the estimated military costs there to $3.9 billion a month.

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Well, thank goodness this idiot is retiring. Reminds me of the
crackpot general in "Dr. Strangelove", who says in the movie:

"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, Mister President, but
I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending on the
breaks."


Harry