George Bush actually said...

If I didn't think we would succeed, I would pull our troops out. I cannot look mothers and dads in the eye... I can't ask this good Marine t...

You know, I can only tell you that I will make decisions on force levels based upon what the commanders on the ground say.

Others look at the violence they see each night on their television screens and they wonder how I can remain so optimistic about the prospec...

That, of course, is an objective. And that will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq.