Good luck with that – next in line after Cheney is Nancy Pelosi.
Doesn’t need a “Plan B”, so long as he controls the narrative. He can establish the required benchmarks, and he can declare those benchmarks wholly fulfilled. Or Congress can define the benchmarks, and he can declare them wholly fulfillied.
If all our people end up grabbing helicopters from the Republic of Greenzonia in a full scale bugout, he will stand there and say “Hey! You wanted a re-deployment! I gave it to you!”
And the downside of that is . . . ? 
None for me! But you might get some resistance from the Republican side of Congress.
I don’t think Hillary would be too happy either. 
You were.
It was a subtle dig combining Dubya’s love of “Risk” and his general stupidity. Apparently I need to crank down the subtle to appeal to the pobes.
-Joe,
If I submit this for the SDMB Understatement of the Year Award, does it count as one or two?
It’s Nancy Pelosi.
When life is turning into a Blackadder episode, all you can do is laugh.
George W. Baldrick: “I have a cunning plan.”
LOL
Except that’s wrong, too. They both do. Counting reservists, Switzerland has more soldiers per capita than any other democracy. Odd of Lantos not to know that, if the story is true - maybe he doesn’t have one of those knives. 
The Swiss have compulsory service.
After Bush, Forrest Gump would be an improvement as President. Pelosi would look fantastic just by having a clue - which she most certainly does.
Bolivia did, however, send a submarine.*
*Actually that was (mostly) Denmark’s contribution to the Coalition of the, er… hmm… Willing(?).
Ooooh, so tempting!
The Swiss also don’t start unnecessary wars.
I wonder if the Shrub has ever had a Swiss Army Knife?
He still has all his fingers so i’m guessing the answer is ‘no’.