some wild-eyed speculation:
January 2005: Iraq's first free election
February 2005: last mopping up operations against the Moslem terrorist cells in Iraq
March 2005: US drawdown in Iraq, repositioning to bases in the largely empty western areas of Iraq, the staging area for the de-nazification of Syria
April 2005: Israeli attack on Syrian positions (as well as terrorist groups supported by Syria, Iran, and the Saudis) in Lebanon, which forces the Syrians out of Lebanon at last, and destroys the terrorists' ability to raid northern Israel
May 2005: US forces finish off the Syrian armed forces and roll all the way to the Mediterranean
Any defiance can be cleaned out with our superb urban operations teams.
It will be completed. It is simply a matter of time.
Zarqawi's days are numbered...as are osama's (if he still exists.)
Not good.