Brits Know When Enough Is Enough

From Air America Radio...

Speaking in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that a reduction of British troops in Iraq could be possible because of the improving conditions in Iraq. Brown said that by next spring, British forces would operate almost exclusively as trainers. As that shift occurred, he said, Britain would decrease its troops from 5,500 -- the level at the beginning of September -- to 4,500 by the end of the year, then to 4,000 and eventually 2,500 in spring. He continued: "And then in the second stage of overwatch from the spring and guided as always by the advice of our military commanders, reduce to around 2,500 troops with a further decision about the next phase made then.”