Biding Their Time

While U.S. forces help the Shiite government weed out Sunni insurgents from Baghdad, the Shiite militias withdraw to bide their time. Where are they going? Iran, of course. When will they return? When Maliki gives them the signal. And who can blame them? They’ll give Bush enough time to claim credit for tamping down violence in Baghdad, let him use that as a face-saver for withdrawal or redeployment, and then invite Moqtada back in to clean up. Simple and obvious, no? Or am I missing something?