TIME TO CUT OUR LOSSES

I'm with Matt Yglesias. With the completion of the Iraqi constitution, we should execute a planned withdrawal of U.S. troops. In other words, "declare victory and leave."

To Biden, McCain, et al, I say I have no interest in a decades-long nation-building exercise in a region where we are neither invited nor wanted. It's time to cut our losses. Especially the human ones. Then maybe we can free up some budget money for humanitarian assistance to rebuild a country and people devastated by this immoral adventure.

Matt also leads us to this sensible article by Michael Rubin.