Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin doesn't care how successful the Surge is, nor how much political progress is made in Iraq. He's demanding that the war end now, no matter how well things are going in Iraq.

Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan)

Even if Iraqi leaders return from a recess this month and make political progress before a report to Congress in September, it won't be enough to change Sen. Carl Levin's feelings about withdrawing U.S. troops.

Levin told reporters Wednesday that it is possible that President George W. Bush would use any political progress the Iraqis might make -- not to mention reports that violence was down in the month of July -- as cover for continuing a policy that saw him order tens of thousands more troops to Iraq.

For Levin, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, it would be too little, too late, even if the Iraqis returned from their August recess with "a different attitude" and began working toward benchmarks including regional elections, disbanding militias and other actions.

"That's not enough for me," he said.

It must suck to have your political future depend upon American defeat, Carl. Why don't you resign now, and let someone who loves America take your place?

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