When a ship is going down, name calling by those going down is expected. Not only is neo con finished but it is time regain this nation's lost glory and prestige.
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Bush has steadfastly said that as Iraqi troops stand up, American troops would stand down. And suddenly, the Iraqis are standing tall, in great numbers. Battalions of Iraqi soldiers who were ill-prepared six months ago, by our own generals' admission, are fit, trim and hardened now. Cadres of police will take charge, enabling U.S. troops to retreat from cities and go chase down the main terrorists.
Bush is right that a hasty retreat would be a disaster. We hope he's correct that, in transferring power to the Iraqis, the administration has learned from its mistakes (at least the few it's admitted).
But Americans have great cause for distrust. The administration has deceived Americans about the reasons for, and progress of, the war. Two years ago, Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured Americans over and over that the insurgents were in their last throes. That wasn't true then, and it's not true now. Resistance has grown steadily, to the point that on Wednesday Bush said that terrorists have made Iraq ``the central front in their war against humanity.''
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