We've won so we're going home

Bush and Blair are planning to announce victory in Iraq and then start slow pullout. You can tell we're getting close to an election, can't you?

LONDON -- Tony Blair and George Bush will announce that they are to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq at a summit in Washington as early as this week, RAW STORY has learned.

The process has already been carefully choreographed in an attempt to bolster the popularity of both Bush and Blair who have suffered domestically for their handling of the war.

The scope of the phased withdrawal, which will see the 133,000 US force levels cut to around 100,000 by the end of the year and British numbers almost halved, has already been agreed, one senior defence source said.

Question: Will this produce the Bush bounce? Or will it be read for what it is, shameless pandering?