This is not a criticism of your post, only a question. What would the death toll be in Iraq if we pull out.
I'm not sure. Could anyone really know the answer to that?
The point is that the Democrats ran on a cut-and-run-from-Iraq, raise-your-taxes, Republicans-are-evil platform.
And they won.
They have earned the right to implement their agenda.
I happen to believe that the political effects of that agenda will be catastrophic for them and beneficial for us.