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US Military Officers Say Withdrawal Deadline Needed
News services have been reporting for a while now about various analysts - typically retired generals and intelligence service leaders - recently suggesting that a deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq is necessary in order to force the Iraqi government to take the steps necessary to be able to manage its own security affairs. Now it seems that many officers in active service are saying the same thing.
If only I could remember where I might have heard that approach suggested before, say a year ago?