Sadly, Yglesias will be able to recycle this post next year.
I know there's a certain segment of political elites, including both Biden and Murtha, who imagine that troop drawdown is beginning and that we'll have 30,000 fewer troops there by the end of the year but sadly I believe this view underestimates the importance of a president who equates leaving with losing.
The funny thing is, as dumb as Bush is he still isn't as dumb as Jeff Goldstein.
