(snark) we can't let something like the will of the pee-pull get interfere with the powers of the Unitary Executive, dont'cha know (/snark)
-5.75,-4.05 "I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."
William Lloyd Garrison
US abolitionist & editor (1805 - 1879)

CNN - BAGHDAD, Iraq

The White House is considering an expansion of the U.S. Army and Marines for "the long struggle against radicals and extremists," President Bush said during a Wednesday news conference.

Bush would not elaborate on where that struggle would take place, only that he wanted to ensure that the U.S. military "stays in the fight for a long period of time."

"I'm not predicting any particular theater, but I am predicting that it's going to take a while for the ideology of liberty to finally triumph over the ideology of hate," he said...

[which, if you are going to pursue it by doing things that the rest of the planet hates, will QED be a very long war indeed; naturally the recruitment centers for those exploiting that hate will be choked with steadily increasing numbers of new applicants every year - ES]

(...)

Bush said he understands that the American people are troubled by the violence, but he emphasized that victory is still achievable in Iraq.

"I also don't believe most Americans want us just to get out now," he said

[Actually, a bipartisan 43% do want you to get out within a year - and a majority of 58% want it within 2 years or less.

Source: World Public Opinion dot org, "U.S. Public Opinion In Line With Iraq Study Group’s Proposals; Americans Strongly Endorse Engaging Iran and Syria, Holding International Conference on Iraq; Majority Favors Timeline for U.S. Withdrawal of Two Years or Less".

Oh, and not that it should matter what Iraqis think, but 37% of them want you gone within six months (which you could just barely pull off without the semblance of a rout if you started today before lunch) and 71% of them want you gone within a year.

Source: World Public Opinion dot org, "The Iraqi Public on the US Presence and the Future of Iraq".

["just get out now" is a complete strawman; even if it were militarily feasible, America doesn't even have the transportation capacity to magically "just get out now" if the order was given this morning before lunch - ES]