Correct.

I voted 'No', for the record. I still think that it was a mistake to rush into that war to begin with, but now we have there is no immediate way to exfiltrate the troops without causing a power vacuum. This would probably lead to hardline Shias gaining the upper hand (with Iranian approval) and the Sunnis and Kurds being stuffed in the ensuing civil war, And that's probably one of the better case scenarios.

Now I do have to say that I would be more trusting of some the US actions taken in Iraq. I find it troublesome that immediately after the war, the US secured the oil ministry but not the ammo dumps, just as I find it troublesome that US taxpayers are paying nearly $1000 per section of concrete blastwall to fortify the green zone. I have a problem believing that segregating the plush palace and hotel areas from the rest of Baghdad is beneficial to begin with, but if it absolutely has to be done, why aren't we buying the blastwall from Iraqi companies for $100 or so that it would cost to produce there. rather than paying through the nose to import them from America? Iraq used to be a major concrete producer.