Rummy.. JUST BACK OFF!!!

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday that anyone demanding deadlines for progress in Iraq should "just back off," because it is too difficult to predict when Iraqis will resume control of their country.

During an often-combative Pentagon news conference, Rumsfeld said that while benchmarks for security, political and economic progress are valuable, "it's difficult. We're looking out into the future. No one can predict the future with absolute certainty."

Hmmm... other than rising death counts(US and Iraqis) and the possibility of Civil War in Iraq I cant imagine anyone just "BACK OFF". As we have been told over and over again Iraqi Forces have met their training goals/benchmarks but the fact is they still can not handle Al-Sadr's militia men and outside terrorists.

The unfortunate thing about the US war in Iraq was the post war plan, well.... there was not one. We have seen utter chaos in a country that is now divided between each others groups. Cut and Run you ask?? No way... but there comes a time when Iraqis uh.. uh.. um... government and security forces need to step up and not rely on US and UN troops. I just can not see this war ending until there has been some resolution to Iraqis stepping up and thank US for their support and removal of insane hussein.