June 30th

This administration - and the press - use the June 30th date in Iraq like some magic date. What exactly changes on that date, however, really remains very much to be seen.

Look at Bremer's recent comments and those from the administration, and we're hearing things like, "If we were asked to leave Iraq, we would. We don't stay where we aren't wanted." This begs the question about what constitutes "want" since a recent poll tells us 80% of Iraqis want us gone now. At the same time, we're talking about committing thousands of troops there through December 2005.