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Intelligence Brief: The Implications of Strategic Withdrawal from Iraq

Posted by Matt in March 15th, 2007

The Los Angeles Times on Monday reported that a Pentagon official told the newspaper that the United States was working on contingency plans in case its surge policy in Iraq fails. The plans call for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in conjunction with increased military training of Iraqi forces. The contingency plan corresponds with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ testimony before the U.S. Congress recently, where he stated that a failure of the surge policy would result in withdrawing U.S. troops “out of harm’s way.” These statements demonstrate that the United States is prepared to cut its losses in Iraq and to adapt to a new security reality in the Middle East should it become clear that the Iraq intervention has failed.

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