I wonder what is happening in 18 months?
And why all the Dem candidates are barking so loudly.
My take is that we will have drawn down a big chunk of our troops by then because the surge has been successful and the Iraqi's have finally built up their troops to an appropriate level.
The Dems are using insider information to forumulate their political strategy and being on the "cutting edge" of what would have happened without their bitching and complaining.