Reply #4: Brown's a tactician....

[UKProPeace]

my own opinion is that from listening carefully to that press conference yesterday, Brown gave very strong indications that the 4th province British troops control in Iraq was close to being handed over to Iraqis...then he made it very clear that it was up to Britain alone to decide when to withdraw troops - a sharp difference from the messages which came from Blair....and also stated that recommendations would be made in parliament after the summer break.

I along with many others no doubt will be watching with interest to see whether the subtleties which I think were implied yesterday actually come to light, if not I will be deeply disappointed.

The difference between Brown and Blair do appear to lie in the subtleness of their message.....Brown always seems to be very careful, and more diplomatic in his wording...that's what confused Bush and his followers, and Brown knows it.