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Reality Bites: The Impending Logic of Withdrawal from Iraq
- The Washington Quarterly
- The MIT Press
- Volume 28, Number 2, Spring 2005
- pp. 67-80
- Article
- Additional Information
Remaining in Iraq will bring the U.S. into confrontation with a new government and the Shi'a majority. Washington should withdraw its forces during the next 12-18 months, after a new Iraqi constitution is drafted and the elections planned for December 2005 choose a permanent government.