Obamaplan?

Yes, George Bush can (if the Iraqi leadership agrees). Can Mr Obama find it within himself to decry this?

The United States has agreed to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by next June and from the rest of the country by the end of 2011 if conditions in Iraq remain relatively stable, according to Iraqi and American officials involved in negotiating a security accord governing American forces there.

The withdrawal timetables, which Bush administration officials called “aspirational goals” rather than fixed dates, are contained in the draft of an agreement that still must be approved by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders before it goes before Iraq’s fractious Parliament. It has the support of the Bush administration, American and Iraqi officials said...

Now the surge for Afghanistan; at least Mr Obama is all for that--much to the consternation of many easily smitten Canadians. And there may also be a Brit surge.

Mark C.

Update: The Himself is getting desperate; Mr Obama tries to paint Mr McCain as more belligerent than president Bush:

Obama pounces on Iraq troop deal to slam McCain

The Himself now has no Iraq policy to run on and he was wrong about the surge. Two strikes.

Posted by markc at August 22, 2008 06:15 PM