Anyone can predict after the fact...

...and while hindsight is more accurate, I thought I would put my predictions out there, and let the chips fall where they may.

1. Next week's election will have a turnout right at 65%, higher then both the January and October elections due to Sunni participation.

2. 20,000-30,000 troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of March and 1 year from now troop levels in Iraq will be 10-20% of what they are now.

3. At least one example of a "Blackwater-like" incident, this time with locals turning against the insurgency, will take place in some town we haven't heard of yet.


Feel free to comment or challenge...or post your own predictions.