CNN supports Bush Iraq strategy

In defiance of the "war is lost crowd", CNN warns of the perils of an early pullout:

Pulling U.S. forces from Iraq could trigger catastrophe, CNN
analysts and other observers warn, affecting not just Iraq but its neighbors in
the Middle East, with far-reaching global implications.
Sectarian violence
could erupt on a scale never seen before in Iraq if coalition troops leave
before Iraq's security forces are ready. Supporters of al Qaeda could develop an
international hub of terror from which to threaten the West. And the likely
civil war could draw countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran into a broader
conflict.
President Bush vetoed a war spending bill Tuesday precisely because
the Democrat-led Congress required the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn
by October 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later.
Bush said
such a deadline would be irresponsible and both sides are now working on new
proposals -- which may have no pullout dates.

Here's a grim picture painted by one CNN analyst:

A rapid withdrawal of all U.S. troops would hurt America's image
and hand al Qaeda and other terror groups a propaganda victory that the United
States is only a "paper tiger," CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen said.
"It
would also play into their strategy, which is to create a mini-state somewhere
in the Middle East where they can reorganize along the lines of what they did in
Afghanistan in the late '90s," Bergen told CNN.com

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This is very rational reporting and here's hoping the CNN audience will take note.