The Brits Leave Iraq. White House Declares Success.

It's another tough entry, trying to pick the 'Villain of the Week.' But the winner is:
GeorgeBushDickCheneyKarlRoveNeo-ConsWhiteHouse&MouthpieceTonySnow.

That's right, and Tony Snow gets to bring home the Oscar for the gang.

When Britain announced this past week that it was going to start withdrawing troops from Iraq, the White House decided to spin this as a 'success,' because it showed that an area of Iraq was stabilized enough to allow for such a withdraw.

Other people saw this as:
1. The Brits giving up on the Iraq war.
2. The Brits deciding to take those troops and put them in Afghanistan
3. The Brits getting out of the way of the projected war with Iran
(they are on the Iranian border, between US troops and Iran)
4. The Brits making nasty statements about the US military on their way out.
5. Nobody leaving anywhere because 5,000 troops are staying for at least another year.

This last point merits additional development. It seems that 'withdrawing,' means leaving most of our troops behind. In essence, the 'victory' of the US Peace Movement would be to bring 50,000 soldiers home and leave 99,999 three; and to partition the country into three parts -- for their own good/divide and conquer; and just stay in our remote desert bases while sucking up the Oil.

Amen. Oh Lord. Peace at Last.

And Press Secretary Tony Snow gets the award for being the patsy havingto say this in public, to have to say: "Brits leaving. Shows we're winning."

He had to call in sick the next day, though. We have to give him credit for that.