Iraq Coalition-less in '07: America's Respose

This afternoon, military officals on the United States have responded to the claim that the troops will all be pulled out by 2007: "...a spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq reiterated previous statements by U.S. and Iraqi officials that foreign troops would be gradually withdrawn from the country once Iraqi security forces were capable of guaranteeing security."

Just as I said before the military has said that the key is the Iraqi Army's ability to guarantee security in their country. If the commanders on the ground feel that by 2007 the Iraqi's are ready then the United States and coalition members will back down, but only under such circumstances will they do so.