"Now, watch this lie!"

Little Lord Portable Dog had to interrupt his vacation to issue the following utterance because more than a dozen soldiers had the audacity to die today, harshing his mellow.

In the wake of the deaths of 14 U.S. Marines in Iraq, President Bush said on Wednesday the best way to honor the dead is to complete the mission and he rejected any early U.S. withdrawal.

"We're at war. We're facing an enemy that is ruthless. If we put out a (pullout) timetable the enemy would adjust their tactics. ... The timetable depends on our ability to train the Iraqis, to get the Iraqis ready to fight and then our troops will come home with the honor they have earned," Bush said in a speech.

Mr. Resolve and Resolute is, of course, lying, as even der Sturmer reports.

The Pentagon (search) is laying the groundwork for beginning a withdrawal from Iraq (search), even as it is weighing the risk of moving so quickly that Iraqi security forces collapse without U.S. support.