He says staying there just makes things worse.
And in saying so has declared war on Blair.
All of which is a whole lot more committed than anything coming out of the US Congress on the war. Most of the Democratic blabbing is about how the Republicans botched it and how the US should fight a better war, and is not about bring the troops home now.
Which is precisely what the head of the British Army IS saying.
To many of us it was obvious that British and American soldiers should nevere have been deployed to Iraq to begin with and I hope it is becoming obvious to others in hindsite. The Iraqi people were not and are not ready for democracy as we know it. When they are they will rise up and shape their own and at that time, if asked, we may offer help from the sidelines on their terms.