>Certainly is a mess right now, and it will be a mess regardless of an immediate withdraw or a planned piecemeal witdrawl ... so why not leave NOW. <

That might be the right answer, but with increased ethnic cleansing in the offing and especially when we're the ones who made the mess, it can't be made lightly. I can't imagine anyone having a grand time with it.

How the hell did Bush get elected, anyway? I forget.