The long-awaited results of the Iraq Study group are going to be release later today. They are expected to call for a change of course in Iraq. This will undoubtedly raise pressure on President Bush to do something (anything) to begin to change the situation in Iraq. Something he has been reluctant to do.

The report is not likely to suggest a timetable for troop withdrawal, but leaks point out that it does say the United States must not commit to keep large numbers of troops in Iraq. The study group will most likely advise gradually “changing” the mission of troops in Iraq. From combat to training the Iraq soldiers, with the ultimate goal of removing our troops by 2008. “When they stand up, we will stand down.” It is also expected to urge a more energetic effort to involve Iraq’s neighbors in ending violence there, including Iran and Syria, which president Bush routinely calls evil (great diplomacy there.)

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