Where does this come from? This is not true as far as I know. I don't ever recall Bush saying something like the war will be over by the end of 2004.
Stop covering up for him, speedy. You know he said we'd be out of there by 2004 and he hasn't delivered. Time to impeach.
:-) Sarcasm folks.
If we start moving out after three, that's pretty darn fast when comparing it to Germany or Japan after WWII.