I want Petraeus (not tomorrow, but soon someday) to tell us he'll cut 30K off our finest in the ME theatre to come home and go after homeland cells/threats.
People don’t like to hear this, but I think a byproduct of the war in Iraq is that it’s a kill zone the size of California. Many of the jihadis would rather fight the infidel in Iraq and die gloriously then come to the U.S., sit around waiting for orders and possibly get arrested.
It’s like a roach motel: Terrorists check in, but they don’t check out. Meanwhile, it greatly diminishes the pool AQ has available for strikes here.