The Times of London is reporting that the US and UK are drawing up plans to get out of Iraq as soon as possible.

Stating the obvious now, we should have never gone in. Bush invaded against the advice and wishes of most of the world- Bush, in turn, ridiculed those opposed to his brilliant plan. Bush was wrong, the rest of the world was right, and we’ll be paying for it in countless ways as long as we live.

George W. Bush has never had the burden of taking responsibility for his mistakes. When his businesses failed his father’s rich friends bailed him out. Bush’s bailout mechanism unfortunately (for us) doesn’t scale.

If the Times story turns out to be true, it’s at long last an admission from this administration that the brilliant plan has failed. As the justifications and goals of the invasion morphed and mutated throughout the last year, never was running away considered a reasonable outcome. It’s a profound failure for this president personally and those who supported this plan. The level of ignorance and political blindness it took to actually gloat about our easy victory over Iraq one year ago should disqualify anyone who engaged in it from further service.

Now it will be up to the next several presidents to deal with the fallout of this maniacal miscalculation by George W. Bush.