Cutting and running?

This certainly sounds suspiciously like the kind of phased withdrawal plan that the Democrats proposed last week and the Thuglicans shot down:

WASHINGTON, June 24 — The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say.

I guess this is a sign that the Administration has become weak-kneed and defeatist. They're going to cut and run instead of stay the course.


Oh, I see. You say "Mission accomplished. We've won the war. The insurgency is coming to an end (in its last throes). The Iraqi troops are standing up so we can stand down. Bush is the victor."

If you buy that, I've got a bridge over the East River I'm offering to sell.