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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is reconsidering strategies Gen. George Casey was developing before he was ousted as overall U.S. commander in Iraq.
As it develops a post-surge approach to the war in Iraq, the White House is taking another look at Casey’s plans, even though some senior officials publicly slammed how he handled the war when he was in charge, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday.
The concepts of withdrawing large numbers of U.S. troops while increasing efforts to beef up Iraq's security forces are back at the forefront of the discussion about Iraq, the Journal said.
"There's an opportunity to build consensus at home around a policy that gradually brings the level of American forces down while handing security responsibility to the Iraqis," Casey said, adding the United States could withdraw at least six of the 21 brigades now in the country, during the course of the next year.
That would reduce the U.S. presence to about 140,000 troops from 162,000 and allow the Army to avoid extending deployments to 18 months from 15 months without significantly reducing the force level Bush and coalition commander Army Gen. David Petraeus want to maintain.
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