Lowering expectations and covering their asses.

"The Bush administration is significantly lowering expectations of what can be achieved in Iraq, recognizing that the United States will have to settle for far less progress than originally envisioned during the transition due to end in four months, according to U.S. officials in Washington and Baghdad." -Washington Post Sunday, August 14, 2005

Lowering expectations is nothing new when it comes to George Bush and his administration. They also need help on their math skills.
What was it nutty neocon fella Paul Wolfowitz said before the war oh yes now I remember.