Ray you live in a dream world. Wake up to reality.

I am not saying Clinton was to blame. Is your memory really that short. What I say and have always said is that everyone thought there were wmds. Bush was the guy in charge so hey he is the one that is blamed for the failure to date to find any wmds. Answer this question though, if we can not find the mortar rounds and the artillery rounds why do you think we could find the wmds. Maybe they are just waiting for us to leave and then will dig them up because they know that there is no way short of a huge strike that we would come back. These folks have a level of patience that you and I can in no way imagine. Think about that for a minute there my friend.

We are closer than you think to starting the withdrawal. There are citizen groups all over Iraq that are sick and tired of the crap that is going on and they are banding together to get the piece of shit terrorist out of the country or controlled in the case of the Sunnis. When you kick sand in the face of the wimp long enough they will eventually fight back. That is what the Shia are starting to do. They control their destiny and our only remaining job is to ensure that they are trained well enough to train the next phase of men without us there. Kind of train the trainers if you will.

I will go on record as saying that our troop strength in Iraq will be down to 75% of todays total by fall and to 50% by this time next year. Book mark the post Ray. And oh by the way, wake up and smell the coffee.