They have a plan for Iraq after all

So who really wants to get out of Iraq while the Inauguration balloons are still afloat? According to Robert Novak, (winner of the Daily Show's "Douchebag of Liberty" award), it's one George W. Bush.

Well-placed sources in the administration are confident Bush's decision will be to get out. They believe that is the recommendation of his national security team and would be the recommendation of second-term officials. An informed guess might have Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state, Paul Wolfowitz as defense secretary and Stephen Hadley as national security adviser. According to my sources, all would opt for a withdrawal.

Getting out now would not end expensive U.S. reconstruction of Iraq, and certainly would not stop the fighting. Without U.S. troops, the civil war cited as the worst-case outcome by the recently leaked National Intelligence Estimate would be a reality. It would then take a resolute president to stand aside while Iraqis battle it out. [my emphasis]

And George Bush is that kind of resolute president. He says so all the time.

I keep coming back to it: Is Bush an Iranian agent?