OpinionJournal - The Last Helicopter

That's what an Iranian war-college professor is waiting for--the last helicopter to fly out of Iraq, just as every US President beginning with Ford has ended up ordering a last helicopter to fly out of some war zone or another--Ford out of Saigon, Carter out of Iran itself, Reagan out of Lebanon, Bush Senior out of Iraq, and Clinton out of Somalia.

Trouble is, because we suffered an attack on our own soil, no one outside of some crazy Congressman wants to see a repeat of that anymore. So if they're trying to "wait Bush out", they'll wait forever--or only until the next bomb falls on top of them.