Onward Status Quo

From Andrew Sullivan yesterday,

In a bunch of conversations - all casual, random, varied - with fellow journalists in Washington this past week, I'm struck when the talk moves to Iraq by one thing. I know no one who believes that either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will actually remove any troops...

...Withdrawal in any meaningful way is off the table, as far as Washington is concerned. And when I have raised the serious possibility that this should happen, I am greeted with That Unserious Look.

And they can get away with it as long as a) Americans are not drafted into the military and b) Americans are financially secure with comfy little jobs and warm homes.

Of course, part b may be coming to an end in the next year or two.