US May Start Iraq Pull-out This Year, says Gates

Sure. And you also going to capture Bin Laden too:

The Bush administration could begin drawing troops out of Iraq by the end of the year, Robert Gates, the defence secretary, said on Sunday. Mr Gates insisted, however, that the so-called surge in US deployment this year had been effective.

Mr Gates said on NBC’s Meet the Press there was a possibility that the US could begin to withdraw forces by the end of this year.

But here is the not so clever caveat:

But he also made clear that any decision would depend on the outcome of a progress report by General David Petraeus, the senior military commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador, which is to be released to Congress in September.

In other words, the report by a lap dog general will say that progress is being made but that we need more time. King George has already said that he would never bring home the troops. That is for the next administration to deal with. Why do we need to wait until September? We already have the neocons, and their apologist publications, saying that there are "signs" that the surge is succeeding. What is the strategy for "winning" in Iraq: siding with the same Sunni insurgents that have been killing American soldiers all along:

The defence secretary also suggested it was inevitable that the US forces would have to align themselves with Sunni leaders who had previously opposed fiercely the US occupation of Iraq in order for the political process to move forward.

And as long as the administration has a powerful propaganda tool, FOX news, they stand a good chance of getting away with these lies. I Watched Chris Wallace today, along with his neocon side kicks, Charles Krauthammer and Bill Kristol, tell us how wonderful things are in Iraq. Kristol does admit that the Maliki government is "dysfunctional" and "incompetent."

They even went as far as saying that the roads and bridges in America are not crumbling. They were responding to those Democrats whom in recent days were saying that the war in Iraq means less money to maintain our infrastructure. Wallace suggested those critics were politically motivated.