UK TO DECLARE VICTORY in Basara, Iraq, and go home. This will add to the clarion call of the anti-war movement for us to likewise declare . . . . hmmmm, no, just go home. This does not bode well and I am unsure of the impetus -- probably because Labour looks to be trounced by the Tories in the next election with the party split as they are.

Update: No surprises here -- Democrats Seize Upon British Plan to Withdrawal