Demagogue

"Two weekends a month and two weeks a year" my ass. And I liked this bit:

[Gen. Peter] Schoomaker's comments come amid indications from Bush administration officials and commanders in Iraq that the size of the U.S. force may be scaled back next year if certain conditions are achieved.

I suspect the principal condition is that the Republicans are doing badly in the polls in the runup to the 2006 midterm elections.

In any case, if experience is any guide, I'll listen to the generals' projections of the necessary manpower, not the administration's.