I'm Down!

Facts on the ground: Iraqi army is taking the lead and functioning. Sunnis trust Malaki for taking on the Shiia militias. Could the US bring home troops to pre-surge levels by election time? Or end of the year? By 2011 could we be down to 50-70,000 troops?

This is good news - left/right/black/white no matter which way you spin it.

Is the country ready to calm our asses down and talk reasonably and rationally about prospects for Iraq and our involvement? Will it even be up to us at all? Will the Iraqis dictate what happens henceforth?