No, definitely not. I've been against that war since day one and expanding the number of troops in this miserable conflict won't help, but I can see that a quick retreat (let's say: no US or UK troops left by end of this year) would guarantee civil war and further massacres. That's what's happening already: the bloodshed is appalling.

I really don't see how Bush is going to be able to find a way forward to this: throwing in more troops won't help and pulling back sharply and telling the Iraqi government to do it themselves: well, the political price in the Senate and in the next elections will be much too high, won't it? *sigh* Not being American, my POV is a side view but I've been following the war on terror since 9/11 and even before with much interest and unease.