This is shamefully political.

[ I have slightly mixed feelings. I don't for a second think that this hasn't got a major political aspect, but I don't see it as completely so. It really does seem like our overseas deployments are organized around a cold war threat model which is obsolete. I have no problem with them acting to reorganize into a more sensible configuration... wether they're actually *going to* do that remains to be seen, and of course, the timing of this announcement is pretty clearly meant to take up a few news cycles right in front of the RNC.

I.e. i think the basic concept is sound, but the rhetoric and timing surrounding it are, as you say, "shamefully political." -k]

Bush: Moving Troops home to fight terrorism?