From NYTimes

Rumsfeld Warns Against ‘Graceful Exits’ From Iraq

Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney during farewell ceremonies for Rumsfeld at the Pentagon.

By JIM RUTENBERG

Published: December 15, 2006

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said farewell to the Pentagon today with a combative address in which he warned against “graceful exits” from Iraq and said it would be wrong to regard the lack of new attacks on American soil as a sign that the nation is safe from terrorism

“Today it should be clear that not only is weakness provocative,” Mr. Rumsfeld said, standing at lectern with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney at his side, “but the perception of weakness on our part can be provocative as well.”  More From NYTimes

The Split in the White house

   According to the USNews, one of the reason that Mr. Bush is waiting until after January to tell us what we are going to do so far as Iraq is concerned, is because others in the administration want to do different things.  The Story .

   Do we call that, a Bushco Crime Family argument? What does he do with dissenters, concrete?   

    Dick Cheney wants to stick to the original plan of victory and an Iraqi government that can take care of its own problems. Or, as Mr. Bush has said, "sustain, govern, and defend itself."

   Yeah right! Anybody with an I.Q. of over 0.05 knows that Iraq will never meet that goal, not with the current way that we are running things over there.