I have to say I’m not sure what to think of the Iraq PM’s “backing” of Senator Obama’s exit plan for Iraq.  On the one hand, I want us out of there, but only — only — when we can do so without leaving this huge vacuum that could allow Iraq to descend into chaos and make it easy pickings for al Quaeda.  We left Afghanistan too early when the Russians pulled out and look what happened there.  We reduced our presence in Afghanistan to wage war in Iraq and look what’s happening now.  I want them out, but I don’t want it turn into a disaster than can be held against a possible President Obama in 2012.

That being said, if we can get out of Iraq in 16 months and leave the country capable of taking care of itself then I’m all for it.  We are still needed in Afghanistan — we should never have reduced our presence there to take on Iraq.