If I were a presidential candidate, I would be doing everything I could to get American troops out of Iraq before Nov. 2008. Binding resolutions that demand withdrawal, cutting off funding, you name it. Because whoever ends up taking over the presidency from Junior is going to end up getting blamed for this damnned thing. The Bushies are trying to pass the buck to the next “decider” and the natural result of that will be every war supporter (not just the neocons) will insist that the war could have been won if we’d just stayed just a little longer. If you’re afraid of being branded a “defeatist” now, it’s nothing compared to the insults you’ll face being the first commander in chief in recent memory with enough humility and honesty to admit a mistake. Or to put things another way, if you win next year’s election and get stuck cleaning up George Bush’s mess, don’t kid yourself into thinking you’ll get a second term.