The "Drawdown"

"Petraeus offered his long-awaited assessment of the U.S. strategy in Iraq, saying security was improving in the country. He said troop levels could be reduced to about 130,000 troops, or 15 brigades, by the summer of 2008."

Isn't it a huge deception to imply that a drawdown that is absolutely unavoidable because Bush has overtaxed our military might occur because the splurge, er surge, is so successful?

Poor "despicable" is worn out. Hold on while I grab my thesaurus.