Amos,

We can argue about the first part of your post ( and have) but as to the second...

My point was that the Dems have made a military TACTICAL decision, requiring specific withdrawals on a timetable, regardless of the facts on the ground. THAT is what the military is saying.

"the executive branch of our government did not trust its military. It relied instead on a(n) ... ideology developed by men and women with little, if any, military experience"

For MILITARY decisions, the Democrats have been, and seem to be trying to be far worse than Bush in terms of directing tactical operations for purely political motives.