Feeling drafty. From the Post, Army Plans to Keep Iraq Troop Level Through '06.

The U.S. Army expects to keep its troop strength in Iraq at the current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to the Army's top operations officer.

While allowing for the possibility that the levels could decrease or increase depending on security conditions and other factors, Lt. Gen. James J. Lovelace Jr. told reporters yesterday that the assumption of little change through 2006 represents "the most probable case."

It just keeps getting better and better. I guess they need to keep the troops there to clean up all the flowers that greeted them. And what of the reservists?

To continue to be able to draw on the better trained reservists, Army officials have said they are considering petitioning Rumsfeld to extend the 24-month limit on the total time a reservist could be called to active duty.

I think that's stretching the idea of what a reservist is. Just a bit.