Time to get out of Dodge, Iraq that is!

The call for massive troop reductions in Iraq is not coming from the left but from the Hawks that supported the invasion of Iraq.

A growing number of national security specialists who supported the toppling of Saddam Hussein are moving to a position unthinkable even a few months ago: that the large US military presence is impeding stability as much as contributing to it and that the United States should begin major reductions in troops beginning early next year.

Their assessments, expressed in reports, think tank meetings, and interviews, run counter to the Bush administration's insistence that the troops will remain indefinitely to establish security. But some contend that the growing support for an earlier pullout could alter the administration's thinking.

Those arguing for immediate troop reductions include key Pentagon advisers, prominent neoconservatives, and some of the fiercest supporters of the Iraq invasion among Washington's policy elite.

Boy, do ya think? Maybe these guys have started reading some of the blogs from Iraq instead of watching Faux news. I don't know what pulling out will do for Cheney's imperialist ambitions but since they are either going to have to leave or send a lot more troops, which they simply don't have, I guess Cheney will have to lower his expectations. God I hate it when I'm right, this is exactly what I predicted would happen after the election several months ago. They will leave an Iraq in civil war and chaos but at least it will be the Iraqi's chaos and it really can't get any worse for most of the Iraqi people.