Why the US should pull out of Iraq

William Odom makes the case for the US withdrawl from Iraq.

What I think he misses out on is the obvious - the US won't back out until;

A. They can do so and still declare 'victory' - whatever happens after (increased violence/full civil war) that isn't their fault.

B. They can time it to provide the maximum advantage to their mid-term elections. Played out properly, Bush could use a reduction of forces or even an outright pull-out as means of taking the steam out of anti-war Democrats, and preserving Republican majorities in the two houses.

If the GOP has to go into the 2008 elections still embroiled in Iraq, it would likely spell the end of some senior senators and congressman from that party.