(Sen. Carl) Levin: Troops need to leave

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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/NEWS07/701090363/1008/NEWS

Levin: Troops need to leave
Michigan senator says Iraqis must take responsibility

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Carl Levin said Monday he would consider sending more U.S. troops to Iraq only if President George W. Bush agrees to start withdrawing troops within six months.

Levin, Michigan's senior senator and the new chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, plays a key role as Bush prepares to announce his new Iraq policy, expected to include sending in 20,000 more troops, Wednesday night in an address to the nation.

Only the certainty of troop reductions -- he and other Democrats call it "redeployment" -- will force the Iraqi government to come to grips with the country's violent insurgency, Levin said.

"We've got to focus the attention of the Iraqis on their responsibility for their own country after 3 1/2 years-plus of our involvement," Levin said. "The only way to tell them is that we're going to redeploy our forces in 4 to 6 months."

He added, "They need to choose between civil war and a nation. We can't save them from themselves."

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1. *bangs head*

Once these guys are over there...all bets are out the window.
Bush did the end-run. He crossed his fingers behind his back.
We CANNOT justify sending ANYONE else over there.
C'mon Levin...the guy is a liar. If you approve of this...the blood is as much on your hands as his.

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2. about time Carl