Bill, the administration IS weak

So. The administration is sending decidely mixed signals on this whole "pullout" thing. It'll destablize the region, some say. On the other hand, some say we may be doing just that early next year.

What does it all mean? Let's ask your friend and mine, Bill Kristol, the gift that keeps on giving:

What message does this send here at home? Here in Washington, policymakers, congressional staff, opinion leaders pick up the two Washington papers this morning and there in the Washington Times, ‘General Calls Iraqi Pullout Destabilizing.’ So you think, well, that’s good, that’s the administration’s line. You can’t pull out too fast. Then you pick up the Washington Post. ‘Three Brigades May Be Cut In Iraq Early In 2006′ based on a Pentagon briefing by a different general. It looks confusing, it looks weak in my opinion. Dick Cheney just gave a major speech warning against this kind of talk. Everyone knows that we want to pull out troops when we can, but to sort of go out on a P.R. offensive, I think, on the part of the administration looks weak right now.

There's a reason for that...