Is The War Over?

4 US wounded last week? What does that mean? Of 150,000 people, I figure 4 people could get wounded playing pick up basketball.

Strategy Page comes right out and says it.

Yes, Iraq is not - and may never be - a model country. It suffers from threats of political assassinations, bribes, corruption, and all the typical problems of a weak, 3rd world country.

Can we start bringing troops home now? Why wait? We've got our battlefield victory over Al Queda. It's as stable as it's gonna be. I see no point in going into more debt over there.

What say you General Patraeus?

UPDATE: Word on the street, Al Queda is telling all it's recruits to go to Pakistan. Obama says - let's follow them there. I agree.

OTHER IDEA: If we're talking w/ Iran, is it worth offering up more influence (ie us leaving) in the region - Iraq specifically - in exchange for halting their nuke program. What do we care if Iran has a hand in Iraqi affairs? They're going to anyway. They want us to leave, which we want to do anyway. If they pursue a nuke, it becomes more in our interest to stay, which they don't want. Plus, Israel will bomb them anyway. Everyone wins, right?