US will stay in Iraq

I attended the MoveOn.org rally on Tuesday night where Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid discussed how they were going to "end the war" and "bring our troops home" with the Levin-Reed Amendment. When I asked if they meant all the troops, I was quickly told to, "shut up" and muscled aside by security. Link

db: There will be a US footprint on Iraq, and Iraqis, as long as the perceived strategic value of a US presence outweighs the political cost. Clearly your average American will be fooled into supporting a mere drawdown in troop numbers - maybe just a reversal of the surge plan - and the withdrawal of remaining forces from high risk areas and activities, leading to a significant reduction in US deaths. My guess is that the next phase of the Iraq war will bring a surge in the use of US air power, and a corresponding surge in civilian casualties. Iraqi forces will serve as cannon fodder.