After spending almost a trillion dollars and destroying the economy and infrastrucure of Iraq by "precision bombing", spending $600,000,000,000.00 of our tax money, sacrificing the lives of nearly 4200 kids and severely maiming 30,324 others,
creating 1 million Iraqi refugees and "collateraly damaging" (killing) more than 100,000 civilians and severely injuring more than 400,000 more civilians, the Iraqis have formally asked us to leave.

THAT'S a George Bush "victory" (again).

"If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem." - George W. Bush, Jan. 2001.

"Iraqi oil revenues would pay all the costs of reconstructing the country" - Paul Wolfowitz

Since then:

"Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would vindicate the terrorist tactics of beheadings and suicide bombings and mass murder and invite new attacks on America" - George W. Bush

"There are not going to be any timetables," George W. Bush

"Let's Not Set A Timetable For Withdrawal" - General Petraeus

"Setting a date for withdrawal would lead to "chaos, genocide and we will be back with greater sacrifice." - John McCain

"Withdrawal from Iraq would be devastating from the standpoint of the global war on terror - Dick Cheney

This morning:

Rice: U.S.-Iraq coming together on timetables
Draft envisions withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq cities by next June 30
updated 4 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the battle-scarred country.
May 1, 2003