Its a shame that Bush felt the need to drape himself in the flag because people don't want our soldiers returning home draped in flags themselves anymore.
Unfortunately, we have here another symptom of Rumsfeld's poor planning of the invasion of Iraq. It's not the easy war the American people were led to expect. Still, Bush is right to keep us there for now and to refuse the panicky calls for a timetable.
So you support having our troops tied down in a country that we invaded for no good reason until 2020?
Unfortunately, its far better than the alternative. We can't simply wave a magic wand and make it didn't happen. To paraphrase Rumsfeld: We fight the War we have. It's not the War we might want or wish to have at a later time.
The situation in Iraq is the War we have. The effect of pulling out now is worse than the effect of staying put.
