That was my first question.
There is abolutely no discussion about this on the ground that I've heard.
More leftist speculation and wishful thinking, I imagine.
From the article and it doesn't smell like leftist spew, but I have a cold so...
“Let’s get the hell outta there, let the insurgents win, abandon Iraq to chaos, and leave the problem for the next generation to face” OR “We broke it, we bought it, and let’s not leave it in a way that makes it so our kids and grandkids have to come back yet again.”
That’s our choice.