At the risk of opening myself up to the never-ending unpredictability of the future, it certainly seems possible the situation in Iraq is winding down. Doesn't look anything like a Vietnam. Urban combat in Baghdad never turned out to be what people thought it would be. The countless CIA documents assuming potential casualties of 10,000 + on the US side for an invasion of Baghdad turned out to be largely pessimistic.
Iraqis on average, turned out to be more like Bush and Rumsfeld said they would be than the Viet Cong. Urban warfare casualties are way below what I thought they would be and probably that goes for 95% of us.
Surprised no one mentioned the new Iraqi interim constitution signed today. Bush may have the last laugh yet. American soldiers starting to come home by election time. We'll see.
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