Gen. Petraeus says the bottom line is that the military objectives of the surge strategy are being met, although progress is uneven. He projects that before next summer, we will be able to draw down forces to pre-surge levels without risking losing these security gains.
UPDATE: He says that by mid-July of ’08 we could return to pre-surge levels, and after that we can see deeper troop reductions, but it’s too premature to project how large. By mid-March ’08 he’ll have a better idea.
