Obama has been talking about having a withdrawl from Iraq over 16 months
A gradual, responsible withdrawl he calls it, however Kristol is trying to setup grounds for a spin to coincide with his return from Iraq
KRISTOL: The voters tend not to punish political leaders for adjusting their views especially if they come towards the voters. The next big flip for Obama, this will make Brit even more astonished, will be on Iraq. He’s going to go to Iraq, meet with General Petraeus, decide the “Surge” is working and walk back from his immediate, unconditional withdrawal. Suddenly it’s going to be, well…we’re going to be very careful…gradual, honorable withdrawal - Obama said the other day, an honorable conclusion to the Iraq war.
Very interesting of Kristol to try and pass this off, however its been the Obama line for a while
