Except to neocons, who speak a different language AND who believe that reality is whatever they say regardless of conditions on the ground.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "A spike in violence in Iraq that has heightened worries about civil war has the Pentagon discussing the wisdom of further cutting American forces there, defense officials said on Wednesday.

"Bryan Whitman, a senior Pentagon spokesman, said Army Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, planned to make a recommendation this spring to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush on future U.S. troop levels."

Sort of like saying Bush didn't lie even when the facts clearly demonstrate it. Can't refute the facts, can't refute the statement, just say he didn't lie.

"I don't do quagmires." Donald Rumsfeld

Arf