"...it will be all too apparent -- even to American voters -- that any U.S. troop withdrawal is an abject retreat, nothing more. That will make it all the harder for Shrubya to abandon his "we will stay and win" rhetorical fantasies. It's like someone who refuses to stop drinking because he doesn't want to face the hangover -- but the longer the bender continues, the more painful the hangover will be when it finally ends." - - - Needlenose