Iraqi leader presses issue of U.S. withdrawal

MSNBC.com had this as a headline and reading the text - well I got excited.

Iraq’s prime minister said Wednesday he wants U.S. troops “on their way out” as soon as his government can protect its new democracy. The top American general in the country said he hopes to begin significant withdrawal by next spring.
At the same time, in an unannounced visit, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Iraqi security forces should take on more tasks now performed by U.S. troops. And U.S. Gen. George Casey, the senior commander of coalition forces in Iraq, told reporters that a “fairly substantial” withdrawal of U.S. troops could go ahead in the spring and summer of 2006...

Wow great news right-UNTIL the caveat....

if the Iraqi political process is not derailed and the insurgency does not grow.

So the tease was on and then the big letdown. With that little fine print we can expect the troop withdrawal schedule to begin around 2015. Oh our leaders have such a way with words.