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Cloud (NYT), November 24 2005

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Cloud, David S. "U.S. Considers Troop Cuts After Iraq Holds Elections." New York Times (www.nytimes.com. November 24 2005): http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/international/middleeast/24troops.html.

Message Unit 1 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: The Iraqis will not be choosing their leaders.
message (of patriotized history): The US is deciding what it is going to do in Iraq after the Iraqis choose their leaders.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: U.S. Considers Troop Cuts After Iraq Holds Elections

Message Unit 2 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: If the US will be deciding what to do in Iraq, then the Iraqis will not be in charge in Iraq.
message (of patriotized history): After the Iraqis take charge of Iraq, US officials will decide what to do in Iraq.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: The Pentagon is planning to make modest troop reductions after next month's elections in Iraq and, if security conditions improve, could begin reductions next summer that would drop the American force level below 100,000 by late next year, Defense Department officials said Wednesday.

Message Unit 3 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: The project is to reduce the security of Iraq and the Iraqis. The improvement of "security conditions" means killing Iraqis, especially those who are not controlled by the US, which is obviously the biggest threat to the security of Iraq as a country and to Iraqi citizens, in that it has killed more of them than anyone else fighting in Iraq.
message (of patriotized history): The project is to improve the security of Iraq and the Iraqis.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: The Pentagon is planning to make modest troop reductions after next month's elections in Iraq and, if security conditions improve, could begin reductions next summer that would drop the American force level below 100,000 by late next year, Defense Department officials said Wednesday.

Message Unit 4 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history:
message (of patriotized history): Pressure for withdrawals does not mean pressure for a failure of the US conquest and control of Iraq, but only pressure for US troops to return home.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: the pressure on the Bush administration from Congress and even some Iraqi leaders to begin laying out withdrawal options.

Message Unit 5 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: Many Iraqi leaders have expressed very strong desires for the US to leave. Many have fought for this goal. This text reveals the definition of "Iraqi leaders" as used by the US news.
message (of patriotized history): It is rare for Iraqi leaders to express a desire for the US to leave.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: the pressure on the Bush administration from Congress and even some Iraqi leaders to begin laying out withdrawal options.

Message Unit 6 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: Ordinarily, improving a country's security means weakening the foreign conqueror and anyone who kills citizens for it.
message (of patriotized history): Improving Iraqi security means strengthening the people whose job is to kill Iraqi citizens for the foreign conqueror of Iraq.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Officials said that no decisions had been made and that tentative plans for troop cuts could be abandoned if the insurgency gained strength or Iraqi security forces did not progress as quickly as their American trainers hoped.

Message Unit 7 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: The US buildup is to kill Iraqi citizens who won't submit.
message (of patriotized history): The US buildup is to protect the Iraqis.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Mr. Whitman said that "the current thinking" is that the number of American troops, which is now over 150,000, would fall to around 138,000, where it was before a buildup to help provide security for the referendum on the constitution in October and the coming elections on Dec. 15 to choose a new government.

Message Unit 8 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: The American voters chose the rulers of Iraq.
message (of patriotized history): The Iraqi voters will choose their own rulers.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Mr. Whitman said that "the current thinking" is that the number of American troops, which is now over 150,000, would fall to around 138,000, where it was before a buildup to help provide security for the referendum on the constitution in October and the coming elections on Dec. 15 to choose a new government.

Message Unit 9 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: US troops are Iraq's big security problem, since they are the foreign conqueror.
message (of patriotized history): If Iraq's security conditions worsen, US troops will stay in larger numbers.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Officials have repeatedly emphasized that any decisions on troop reductions depend on whether security conditions worsen or whether Iraq's new government demands quicker reductions.

Message Unit 10 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: There will be no independent Iraqi government that could or would make demands on the US.
message (of patriotized history): There will be an independent Iraqi government that could or would make demands on the US.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Officials have repeatedly emphasized that any decisions on troop reductions depend on whether security conditions worsen or whether Iraq's new government demands quicker reductions.

Message Unit 11 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: If the US will be deciding what to do in Iraq, then the Iraqis will not be in charge in Iraq.
message (of patriotized history): After the Iraqis take charge of Iraq, US officials will decide what to do in Iraq.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: A major decision point will be reached next spring, the officials said, after the new Iraqi government forms.

Message Unit 12 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: Free, sovereign countries don't have militaries whose job is to kill the citizens or that are controlled by foreign countries.
message (of patriotized history): Iraq will be a free, sovereign country whose military's job is to kill the citizens for the foreign power that controls them.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: A military officer in Iraq said Wednesday that the pace of the drawdown would be driven by how many Iraqi units were able to reach a readiness rating of level two, under the military's scale of one to four. Level two means an Iraqi unit is capable of taking the lead on military operations but still needs American military support, as opposed to level one, in which an Iraqi unit can operate independently. The key is level two, the officer said. At that level, an Iraqi unit "will be able to control a local battle space just fine" as long as it receives continued American help with logistics, intelligence and transportation, he added. An increasing number of level-two Iraqi units in coming months will make it possible for a significant number of American combat troops to withdraw, he said, declining to specify how many.

Message Unit 13 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history:
message (of patriotized history): The meaning of the end of the US war in Iraq hinges on the issue of whether the US military is directly fighting, not whether it is in charge.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: A military officer in Iraq said Wednesday that the pace of the drawdown would be driven by how many Iraqi units were able to reach a readiness rating of level two, under the military's scale of one to four. Level two means an Iraqi unit is capable of taking the lead on military operations but still needs American military support, as opposed to level one, in which an Iraqi unit can operate independently. The key is level two, the officer said. At that level, an Iraqi unit "will be able to control a local battle space just fine" as long as it receives continued American help with logistics, intelligence and transportation, he added. An increasing number of level-two Iraqi units in coming months will make it possible for a significant number of American combat troops to withdraw, he said, declining to specify how many.

Message Unit 14 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history:
message (of patriotized history): Stability in Iraq means that the independent Iraqi forces are destroyed by the US-controlled Iraqi forces.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: The readiness of most police units, which some officials say are at least as important as the military in achieving stability, is still far below that of the Iraqi Army.

Message Unit 15 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history:
message (of patriotized history): Pressure for withdrawals does not mean pressure for a failure of the US conquest and control of Iraq, but only pressure for US troops to return home.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Senior Army officials remain concerned that pressure for withdrawals will drive officials in Washington to reduce the American troop levels before the Iraqis are ready to handle the primary role in fighting the insurgency.

Message Unit 16 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history:
message (of patriotized history): Iraqis who fight for the US are Iraqis; Iraqis who fight against the US are not Iraqis.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Senior Army officials remain concerned that pressure for withdrawals will drive officials in Washington to reduce the American troop levels before the Iraqis are ready to handle the primary role in fighting the insurgency.

Message Unit 17 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: The "insurgents" are Iraqis.
message (of patriotized history): Fighting the insurgents is something that the Americans are doing for the Iraqis.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Senior Army officials remain concerned that pressure for withdrawals will drive officials in Washington to reduce the American troop levels before the Iraqis are ready to handle the primary role in fighting the insurgency.

Message Unit 18 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history:
message (of patriotized history): It's understood that "fighting the insurgency" is the standard, appropriate duty of any Iraqi government.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: Senior Army officials remain concerned that pressure for withdrawals will drive officials in Washington to reduce the American troop levels before the Iraqis are ready to handle the primary role in fighting the insurgency.

Message Unit 19 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: Foreign countries can't plan what they are going to do in free, sovereign countries.
message (of patriotized history): American planners are deciding what they are going to do in Iraq after it is a free, sovereign country.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: An Army official said that planners were discussing the option of keeping a brigade of 2,500 to 3,000 soldiers in Kuwait, so the unit could be rushed back to Iraq if security conditions worsened.

Message Unit 20 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: Foreign countries can't decide what they are going to do with their troops in sovereign countries.
message (of patriotized history): American planners are deciding if US troops will be kept in the sovereign country of Kuwait for use in Iraq.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: An Army official said that planners were discussing the option of keeping a brigade of 2,500 to 3,000 soldiers in Kuwait, so the unit could be rushed back to Iraq if security conditions worsened.

Message Unit 21 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: Sovereign countries don't have troops of a foreign country located in a neighboring toady state ready to intervene at will, nor is the issue up to the planners of the foreign country.
message (of patriotized history): American planners are deciding if US troops will be kept in Kuwait for use in the sovereign country of Iraq.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: An Army official said that planners were discussing the option of keeping a brigade of 2,500 to 3,000 soldiers in Kuwait, so the unit could be rushed back to Iraq if security conditions worsened.

Message Unit 22 - an example of patriotized history

core myths				unpatriotized history: If there are US troops ready to come back in, they are Iraq's security problem.
message (of patriotized history): US planners are deciding whether to station US troops nearby to come back in if Iraq's security needs it.		patriotic change (of history)
technique: transparent redefinition
text: An Army official said that planners were discussing the option of keeping a brigade of 2,500 to 3,000 soldiers in Kuwait, so the unit could be rushed back to Iraq if security conditions worsened.

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