A) He wants to pull out some troops and send them to Afghanistan and Iran.
B) The economy is much worse off than they are telling us. He doesn't want to leave a completely negative legacy.
C) He wants to difuse the advantage Obama gets from our disastrous war in Iraq, so McCain can try to build a campaign on other issues.
D) There is some economic advantage to be gained for those in Bush's crowd if we pull out some troops. For example, some Iraqis might set fire to oil drilling rigs as part of a civil war, so then certain companies would get lucrative contracts rebuilding them.
E) Other reasons - please be specific if you can.
F) All of the above
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