The LAT’s Robert Kaplan (h/t to Andrew Sullivan) is all a-quiver about the crisis that he says will happen:

I fear a measurable uptick in violence in Iraq if Obama wins on Tuesday. The uptick will be significant enough to muddy the results of the surge, and the president-elect, rather than respond vigorously, will be tempted to say "I told you so" and thus win the Iraq debate with his Republican critics. The upturn in violence, he will be tempted to argue, only means we need to get out of Iraq even faster. But that would be a mistake.

Kaplan should talk to people outside of the GOP/Media Complex. He might want to talk to some actual Iraqis not named "Chalabi", for instance (h/t Siun):

Ibrahim expressed his hope that Obama would soon pull out U.S. troops from Iraq, saying "Get out of Iraq and leave us alone and we will solve our problems."

But of course Mr. Kaplan knows what’s best for Iraq better than a silly old Iraqi not named Ahmad Chalabi. Right? Right?