Originally Posted by
nice castle
take minimum risk for the final 2 years to drop the casualty numbers so the press lose interest, and we can say we now have the security situation totally under our control (no-one at home will know otherwise). Then declare victory in 2014 and hot foot it out of there.
Logically the winners would sit back, similarly enjoy a drop in casualties, wait until we depart, have it totally under their control and declare vistory to.
Historically is has never worked that way.
Any defeat, withdrawal, handover, whatever you call it, has always been helped with a surge in hostile activities.