Yer durned write!  "Although Bush stated at the time '"Our mission continues" and "We have difficult work to do in Iraq"'.  At least he said it was close to being done in 2003.  The Republicans should just give the military more money and the niggling little problem would go away eventually.  Oddly enough at the start of this I got into a discussion about this with my father in law.  I asked how we could be "at war" when the legislative branch hadn't acted.  Even if we were, which Middle-East government was going to sign on the dotted line suing for peace?  Basically it started out, and continues to be, a lose-lose situation for America (but by gar a Republican acted, sorta).