White House cites progress in Iraq

Military brass announced Bush has authorized a draw down of troops in Iraq. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to hear it but their reason is somewhat disingenous.

They said the decision is an "indication of the remarkable progress Iraq is making. It clearly demonstrates the dramatic increase in capabilities of the Iraqi Security Forces."

Yesterday's "remarkable progress" being, thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in the streets protesting election fraud, (our guy Allawai being out of the running entirely), three American dead, a gun attack on an Iraqi manned checkpoint killing eight and wounding seventeen and a sucide car bomber killed four civilians outside of a mosque. That's just the stuff that makes the news.

With progress like this, please don't tell me what a setback looks like.