OK Bowser, it appears you did have a basis for spouting off about claims the war was won. Not only did you have a basis for it externally, but you had it internally as well. Your comments sounded to me like they were directed at posters here rather than to some unnanmed source elsewhere so I wasn't willing to give you a pass on your earlier links. I would have needed links here to believe you, but I'll take Buck's word on it.

I have to agree that if the war was indeed won we should be pulling our troops out ASAP. I don't agree that is true however, only that we are winning and that a commitment to a phased withdrawal is appropriate to push the process to completion.

Regards,
Mark