The argument against withdrawal in 2005...

Matthew Yglesias argues that the worst case scenario used to justify keeping troops in Iraq after their January 2005 elections came to pass even though we stayed!

In short, people said if we left Iraq would become more violent and chaotic if we left. But we stayed... and the situation there became worse in 2005... and worse in 2006... and far worse still in 2007.

Hmm.