Dickie - Do try to keep up. You say, "It does not say what any of the other 26 million people in Iraq want."

We are talking about the majority of the elected Parliament of Iraq. They are followers of Sadr and are Sadrists. They are Shiites. They are the majority. They speak for the majority of the people of Iraq.

The Sadrist seem to think the people of Iraq should decide whether or not they want more U.S. troops. They are there to make sure the new government is not another U.S. puppet and to keep Maliki on the right track. They also financially back Maliki.

Sounds to me that democracy in Iraq may be working after all. Its just not the same kind of 'democracy' George Bush had planned on.

George has failed, plain and simple. I think the Sadrists and Maliki and the Iraqi Parliament can make the decisions and they really do not want any more U.S. help. Its time for George to go home now.

btw - George's idea of sending Kurdish soldiers into Baghdad seems to have resulted in alot of Kurdish desertions. Seems they don't think this is their war. Although they are mostly secular, they really do not with to be associated with Arab Sunnis. This is not their fight.

...and Dickie, please learn how to read with a critical consciousness.