The cut and the run

The sudden news of the Pentagon's plan to "redeploy" the troops -- one week after the debates in the House and the Senate -- couldn't have been better timed. The fewer the number of U.S. troops will inevitably result in fewer the number of Western press, unable to report even the "bad news." The Mess-'o-potamia maelstrom will grow even more intense, but there will be "no one" there to hear it.