Now the soldiers themselves are to "blame" if they don't get to come home

[SoCalDem]

"return on Success" translates into:

"Wanna go home, soldier?..Too bad.. you have not been "successful" enough to go home, so you have to stay longer".:puke:

"Start doing a better job, and you can go home"..

[EFerrari]

1. So nauseating. This is Mission Impossible and everybody knows it.

Little or nothing has been done to help Iraq organize a working government that will hold the country together.

BushCo wants two things. To leave this mess for the Democratic president to own and to continue the sacking of Iraq AND America as long as possible.

[Ino]

2. Yeah, that's how it came across to me also.

Keep trying, or the only way you'll come home is in a body bag.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. He hit the two keywords -- "return" and "success" --

that his walnut-sized brain figures will resonate with the Great Unwashed Masses.

Unfortunately, his speechwriters with equally walnut-sized brains didn't notice that it comes off as if he's holding them hostage. Which he is.

[Lucinda]

4. yep...passing the buck

again