A new plan in Iraq

So I listened to the President's speech tonight and I was ok with what I heard . I hope people truly listened to the overall themes in the speech.
I have been very disheartened by the democrats who have been threatening to withold the funding of the war to make a point that they do not agree with the troop increase.

First I thought it was notable that President Bush said "Mistakes, have been made and the responsibility for those falls on me."
I must admit I was slightly unsure about the troop increase if progress toward turning over security to the Iraqi people was not made more rapidly. I did not want to see the war continue in a continual cat and mouse chase game with insurgents because as the president said tonight as soon as we leave an area the insurgents move back in.

The president says victory will look different. This time I believe he was more real about the difficulty and hardships our forces will still face, and I was glad to see the loss of life was not glossed over.
Oir approach will be focused on success equaling security for Iraq. Tothat end the 20,000 extra troops will be focused ontraining and embedding themselves to assist Iraqis NOT to be in charge.
This approach also has our forces focusing on the most intense areas in the country namely Baghdad and Andar Province.
i am also glad that Bush made it clear to Prime Minister Maliki that this commitment it is not opon ended especially if they do not start taking over their own country.
I am still concerned about two things even though I was on board with direction of the new plan. I know the Iraqi people voted for a democractic society and elections, but we must remember that there are major cultural differences in the middle eastern region and thus their percepton of liberty may never look exactly correct to us.
I am also concerned because President Bush talks about wanting to stabilize the region to make us safer but then he says he is sending a carrier to intercept any shipments and/or interference from Syria and Iran. Although I know thesr two countries are antagonists to the progression of security in the region, but this unnerves me. Could this be a pre-cursor to another front?? We'll have to see

Gid Bless America and Watch over our troops
Leaving now is not an option, if we did there would be a threat left for the entire world not just the United States