Since spring 2004, those who would like us to lose in Iraq have insisted that President Bush is about to order the big skedaddle in order to win the next election, or increase his popularity rating, or prompt a nice editorial in the New York Times, or something.
The speculation continued with news stories denying that a major announcement on this topic is imminent:
The White House dampened expectations that US President George W. Bush and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair would announce a troop withdrawal from Iraq after a summit. ...
The Bush administration has repeatedly stressed that US troops can only leave Iraq when the country's forces can assure security unaided.
Expectations? By who?
Get over it, you redeployment/retreat/surrender advocates. This president is in Iraq to win. And continued insistence that some political goal will take priority over winning is simply being dense and stubborn in the face of what should be an obvious determination to win.
