20,000 Heroes

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/15/Bush.radio.ap/index.html

President Bush announced Thursday night that he would begin the process of withdrawing troops. Bush also claimed that troops would switch from leading ops to supporting Iraqi operations. Defense Secretary Gates stated that cutting the troops to 100,000 is also a possibility.
Bush has pushed himself so far off the pyramid of political excellence that he was and further more will be met with political opposition.
Democrats are starting to argue that this is not enough and not nearly a fast enough rate. Jack Reed, Senator from Rhode Island, stated that Bush’s plan “failed to provide either a plan to successfully end the war in Iraq or a convincing rationale to continue it.”
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-14-voa3.cfm

But Senate Democrats failed to look at the bigger picture. This is a win for the country no matter how you slice it. Troops are coming home, Iraq is learning how to walk and a president has begun to compromise.
Some may argue President Bush has compromised too much. Like this blogger from the conservative website Redstate.com
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/horaceox/2007/sep/14/the_problem_with_bushs_announcement

The Democrats think Bush is not doing enough and the Repbulicans are thinking he is doing too much. The administration set out to
send troops in
give Iraq troops the resource to succeed
get troops out alive

The president should not get scolded for sticking to the game plan.
Give the guy a break, he has a country to run.