I'm not sure if they discussed it or not, but there is no way that even an agreement such as the SOFA would convince hawks that the time is now to withdraw. If the agreement expires at the end of the year, well then by god I guess we're going to have to extend the agreement. Until Obama formally comes into power there'll be no major strategy/policy changes in Iraq.
Your prognosis of a temporary extension is a best-case scenario...the flipside would be Bush getting us into some kind of commitment requiring us to stay past his term...I don't put it past him. I just wish he would go away already. Us invading Vietnam oops I mean Iraq was a huge mistake and hopefully our next president will be strong enough to stand tall and admit that mistake to the world. I suppose we shall see...
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