If that's what you read, there's no much I can do for you.
Isn't this the real problem? I and a majority of the American people don't understand.
Let's step back.
A duty of the President is to communicate to the American people the urgency of our involvement in Iraq. The President has obviously failed, witness the 2006 election. There are two tiny, little problems that the President has, at this point, in trying to communicate with the American people about Iraq.
#1, We went into Iraq on the basis of a laundry list of concerns that made Iraq look like an immediate threat to us. Nobody really thinks that assessment of the situation was correct (although I'm not going to say the President lied to the American people and to our representatives in Congress, as I can understand why, at the time, those concerns were legitimate).
#2, The President then told the American people we will stand down as the Iraqis stand up. O.K., given our interests in the region, it was worth a certain amount of effort on our part to try to give the people of Iraq a chance to organize themselves into a democratic government. But, we didn't start to stand down as the Iraqi army and police force stood up.
The plain and obvious fact, at this point, is if the surge doesn't work, we will be withdrawing from Iraq by reason of the Congress restricting funding.
If the President had followed my advise (and I'm not even sure he read my comments on the matter), we would have started withdrawing our ground troops early last year, won the 2006 elections, and be in a position, at this juncture, to support the fledging government of Iraq with intelligence, special operations, and air and naval power, for as long as it takes.
A President who doesn't understand how important it is to maintain a viable political majority is a danger to the cause of Liberty.