[George W. Bush]

Bush & Co. want to have substantial troop reductions prior to their leaving the White House in January 2009, probably before fall 2008. Since pacification is failing with no signs of improvement, we must find a way to withdraw our troops to our isolated bases and to friendly regions in Iraq, primarily Kurdistan.

One or two dictators will dominate the two Arab regions. There will be ongoing warfare between the two Arab factions. The persecution of Christians will escalate, possibly to genocidal levels, resulting in their flight from Arab Iraq.

[Steel Wolf]

Since pacification is failing with no signs of improvement, we must find a way to withdraw our troops to our isolated bases and to friendly regions in Iraq, primarily Kurdistan.

You'll start to see this happening soon. Within the next 12 months at the latest. There's a growing sense that our large-but-not-large enough troop presence is making the problem worse. Since adding more troops isn't an option, and staying the course simply isn't working, the Administration is being corraled by wiser heads, like James Baker, into a position of having less troops.