Radio France Internationale – Analysis
RFI: The president of the United Status, George W. Bush, suspended the withdrawal of troops from Iraq that was scheduled for this summer. He was supporting the chief of command in Iraq General David Petraeus who recommended the suspension due to incremental violence in the past weeks.
According to Grant Smith, director of Research at IRmep, no one should expect significant changes to the policy of the United States in Iraq in the next eight months before Bush leaves office.
Grant Smith: Since the beginning there have been no admissions of errors, and no admissions of the need for strategic reconsiderations. Every single US military leader who has presented opposition or disagreement has been fired. Bush is sending a very clear signal to the world and to US citizens that he’s decided to let the next administration deal with the US military occupation of Iraq.
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