Hmmm...

Is Lieberman asserting that there are only 10k left after the slew we've killeed or detained?

If so, that is excellent news, since the accepted ratio for supression of guerilla fighters is 10-1 and we do have that many boots.

If he is asserting that there were never more than 10k and that the number remains static, then I would like to know who has been hamstringing our grunts and preventing them from cleaning up and finishing the job.

If this is merely a rhetorical point illustrating that the opposition forces in Iraq are a tiny minority compared to the larger population, then I would agree -- but would prefer that to have been clearly noted.

Sad, but probably inevitable point about the graft/wastage on the econ side. Since we have to do this kind of reconstruction stuff all too often, we really should be developing ways to do it better.