The Slow Boat out of Iraq

The US is pulling out of Iraq, slowly.  There is one thing that is absolutely certain.  The troops will not pull out of Iraq entirely before Bush leaves office.  Not because its right for Iraq, not because it will be good for stability or peace in the middle east, not because its the right thing for the US troops, the US will not pull out of Iraq until Bush is gone so that the Democrats can be set up with a failed war.

The thing is that it is almost a certainty that the Democrats will screw up the real pull out of Iraq as badly as President Bush screwed up the war in Iraq in the first place.

The reason for this certainty can be found in the Democrats inability to to forego political games and hold the Bush Administration and Republicans accountable on the way in. 

America is on a slow boat out of Iraq.  The rail head order is drafted but its post dated for sometime in the middle of 2009.  Whichever Democratic President is elected in 2008, they will only have a successful second election if they can devise a successful plan out of Iraq now.  The Democrats need to get some boating experience now and practice for the future exodus.