Bush Attempts Hard Sell on Iraq Progress

Bush Attempts Hard Sell on Iraq Progress - Yahoo! News

I'm not sold, not at all.

"Plan for Victory" it said repeatedly on the background behind Bush. "Plan"? What plan? "Victory"? What victory? How is victory even defined in this so-called War on Terror in Iraq? Until we eliminate - one way or the other - all the Islamic extremists who hate us and want us dead? That may be when hell freezes over. Until the Iraqis can take care of themselves?

Where's the exit strategy?

When are the Iraqis going to stand on their own feet?

Reminds me of kids who have trouble becoming self-sufficient and independent, relying too much for too long on Mommy and Daddy to take care of them (it's so much easier and less work). An exit plan with a timetable - unannounced is fine - is needed, or this could drag on indefinitely, draining American lives and other resources. A troop reduction, gradual withdrawal, well-planned and thought out - I'm not advocating anything as rash as immediate total withdrawal.

Push the Iraqi birds out of the coalition nest already so we can bring our troops home.