SEEMS TO ME reading these articles it becomes clear that we don't have a handle on the security in Baghdad nor the rest of the country. Note that they keep saying that 15,000 more troops are coming (1AD). Well, that solves nothing under the original plan that the 3d ID go home once 1AD arrives.

Therefore, 3d ID is in for a long stay - a situation I personally believe to be untenable, or we are going to see the deployment of significant additional Army units in the near future. And NONE of this adds up to good news for a short deployment for CPT Patti and the Gators.