Those wacky Democrats are at it again! Now they are calling for a slow withdrawal of troops from Iraq over the next several years, instead of an immediate withdrawal once they realized that was a political no-go. Conveniently enough, their new idea dovetails nicely with what the Administration has planned to do (and said they are going to do) since the very beginning, which is to slowly phase out US troops as the Iraqi forces become more proficient and the elected government gets a good hold on the reins of power. Look for the troops to start coming home within a year or so, and look for the Democrats to try to take credit for putting pressure on Bush to do so, despite the fact that Bush would be doing exactly what he said he would do from the very beginning. When Iraq settles down as a peaceful democracy, the Democrats here will do everything they can to take credit, even respinning all their negative comments from the last several years as constructive criticism.