The Cutting Edge : This is another sign that we've succeeded in Iraq. The fledgling Iraqi government, headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, is ready to allow U.S. troops to leave Iraq. Not as an army defeated; not as a force withdrawn by a mandate of the ineffective, bullying, cut 'n run 2006 Congress (led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, that majority of Democrats tried dozens of maneuvers to try to stop the surge, cut funding for the war, and set artificial timetables for withdrawal in defeat, but were repelled by stalwart Bush and grim Republicans, who held on and finally ground down that angry, bitter, nutroot-spurred Democrat majority), but as proud winners who will gladly leave Iraq to work out it's future. Just as was planned all along. Sharon Cobb : But now that we're being politely asked to leave, Dubya doesn't want to, and after 8 years, we all know that what Dubya wants, Dubya gets. I just keep clicking my ruby red (house) slippers together and saying, "There's no place like Nov 4, there's no place like Nov 4, there's no place like Nov. 4... :::::::::::Poof::::::::::::::::: We're home and we can start cleaning up the damage left by Hurricane George. ...