Consider how many Americans have been killed in Mr. Bush's private war (over 2200--less than 200 of them, as I recall, before the "mission accomplished" so-called "victory") and how Mr. Bush has recently ballyhooed "bringing democracy to Iraq".    If, rather than democracy, civil war results, he will be hard-pressed to claim anything but removing Saddam--which was done years ago.

And the retreat will be obvious.

Everybody wishes the best for "Coalition" soldiers. And the best, now, is to bring them home.