Britain Begins to Withdraw Troops from Iraq

On Wednesday, February 22nd, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced his plans to withdraw about 1,600 troops from active duty in Iraq. This would effectively reduce the number of British soldiers fighting in Iraq by over 20% and is intended to be the first step towards even more British troop withdrawals. This announcement comes less than a month after President Bush decided to deploy over 21,000 more American troops to Iraq. It seems the United States is quickly losing the few allies it has in this “war on terror” and unfortunately, our President’s decisions send the message that we don’t really care. To read more, click here.

~ by Lani Maher on February 22, 2007.