Waffle

"I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn."

- Bush, 6/5/1999, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"I believe artificial timetables of withdrawal would be a mistake. … I will strongly reject an artificial timetable withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job."

- Bush, 4/23/2007

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More bad news recaps of Mission Unaccomplished from the Sydney Morning Herald, NPR, Huffington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle, amongst many others.

If you are interested, press releases from Obama and Edwards.

A disturbing note on Iraq in that, no matter if Congress can get our troops back, Bush still has a shadow army of contractors and mercenaries to fall back on.