Bush to Pull Iraq Troops for Afghanistan

All of a sudden it's possible to have a withdrawal timetable because of the growing need in Afghanistan. How slow is this president. Necessity breeds possibilities.

NYT: The Bush administration is considering the withdrawal of additional combat forces from Iraq beginning in September, according to administration and military officials, raising the prospect of a far more ambitious plan than expected only months ago.

Such a withdrawal would be a striking reversal from the nadir of the war in 2006 and 2007.

One factor in the consideration is the pressing need for additional American troops in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and other fighters have intensified their insurgency and inflicted a growing number of casualties on Afghans and American-led forces there.