One irritating thing about this is that its not us that wanted a constitution that would make Shiite law supreme but we are gonna pay for it.
But the lesson is that commanders should follow president Bush's lead and take the position that we will have the levels needed to do the job rather than promising reductions.
Keep in mind that we are in Iraq to make the Middle East a safer place, fight terrorism, and free the world of Hussein's criminal regime. You can't put a price on freedom.