The party's over and the guests won't leave

What happens if you have a party and the guests won't leave? Start a fire? Call the police?

While everyone in DC was going at each other about whether to leave Iraq, under what conditions we could start to withdraw, and whether it was in OUR best interest to do so, a lone voice spoke the truth. Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki said that US forces could be withdrawn starting now. Who listened? Damn near no one. Like two parents arguing over what a child wants, no one hears the child what he wants. Now, I'm not calling Iraq, the Iraqi people or the Iraqi government children. I'm saying the exact opposite- they are people who can and should control their own destiny (again).

If the government of Iraq, in the form of the Prime Minister is saying "Last Call, you ain't got to go home but you got to get hell out of here," then we ought to pack our stuff and go. If Bush gave a hoot about us, the Iraqis and the troops, he'd declare victory (because Maliki said we can go- the are standing up so we can stand down) and bring our people home.