Daily Blague

At long last, the New York Times advocates US withdrawal from Iraq. In as orderly a fashion as possible of course, but starting now. "It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit."

While Mr. Bush scorns deadlines, he kept promising breakthroughs — after elections, after a constitution, after sending in thousands more troops. But those milestones came and went without any progress toward a stable, democratic Iraq or a path for withdrawal. It is frighteningly clear that Mr. Bush’s plan is to stay the course as long as he is president and dump the mess on his successor. Whatever his cause was, it is lost.

No cheering, please. This editorial is monstrously overdue, following years of journalistic go-along-to-get-along behavior. "A majority of Americans reached these conclusions months ago." This is true. It has not been that long since the majority of Americans gave up on our Iraqi misadventure. But you have to wonder: how capsized does the Poseidon have to be before people stop