[SandRat]

Dems are deeply saddened at being skunked again by a Texan.

[SandRat]

Howard Dean, Michael Moore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Jane Fonda were asked for a comment to this news ----

[IronJack]

As soon as we begin the drawdown, the Lefties will be the first to whine that we're deserting the freedom-loving people of Iraq.

[Don Corleone]

When are we going to withdraw from the "War on Poverty"? It seems like a "Quagmire".(/sarcasm )

[armymarinemom]

We greeted a plane load of Marines today. They smiled and said the Iraqi's are getting there! If they are making the Marines happy they are probably doing a better job over there taking steps towards taking care of themselves. Good news to my ears.

[doc]

Just in time for the elections.

[Calpernia]

A "fairly substantial" withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could take place next spring or summer if the insurgency doesn't grow and the country's political process continues as scheduled, the commander of coalition forces said here today. U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey, head of Multinational Force Iraq, spoke during a surprise visit to Iraq by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

At a later joint news conference with Rumsfeld, Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said the departure of U.S. forces from his country depends on how soon Iraq can train, equip and field its own soldiers and police to take over security duties. "We do not want to be surprised," Jaafari said, if U.S. troops leave before the Iraqis are prepared to assume security.