It's really not a question of whether the US will withdraw from Iraq. It's a question of when and how. If the Bush administration is smart, the withdrawal will take place as part of a multi-state regional process that ensures some stability and peace in the region. However, the Bush administration is not smart. All they seem to be doing now is trying to wait it out so that the withdrawal will happen on someone else's watch.

If we pull out of Iraq without first toppling the Islamic Republic of Iran, or at least hitting it hard enough to cripple its nuclear program and the offensive capabilities of its military, the result will be a disaster. And if we launch such attacks but don't follow through until they are complete, the result will also be a disaster.

Bush's fault, for getting obsessed with making Iraq perfect rather than giving himself enough time and money to also conquer Iran.