Overly Focused on Leaving

The head of US Central Command Gen. John Abizaid, says there's still work to do in Iraq:

This is a decisive period in the country, Army Gen. John Abizaid told National Public Radio in a recent interview. "First and foremost we have to stabilize the situation in Baghdad before we need to get overly focused on leaving," Abizaid said...Abizaid said the government must demobilize militias."If you don't do this, you end up with a situation like you have in Lebanon, where the militia becomes a state within a state," Abizaid said. "It makes the state impotent to be able to deal with security challenges."For Iraq to be successful, Abizaid said, the country's government must be successful against such groups.

And I believe our troops will be successful, if allowed to finish the job.