Progress in Iraq?

What is the best way for anyone to bargain for a price on an item that doesn't have a fixed price?
Isn't it ti demand the asking price and then you make a really low counter offer?
The only thing not known is just how much above your really low offer you will go, and just how much less the seller will take below his asking price.
Some are demanding that our troops leave Iraq immediately---almost tomorrow!
Others were saying that we would know in September the answer, and may begin the process. Now they say, no we already know September is out, sometime in 2009, assuming the Iraqi army and police success is well, will be more likely!
There are the two offers!!!
Meanwhile, we are spending hundreds of billions building monstrous embassies, air bases, and scores of outposts all over the country.
Also, there is no plan to remove either the 30% of all the arms we have (from Iraq), because we intend to stay there, or nearby.
No plan either to remove 170,000 soldiers and 130,000 civilians, since Halliburton doesn't have that in their contract.
Yet some still say that we will get out, and soon!
Could all of this deception be to provide better results for next year's elections? Along with running off the AG, and impeaching others?
Or, will we one day soon, declare victory, move into the embassy and posts and watch the fun, with possibly an air attack as requested or needed?
Then we can start on Iran or North Korea or Syria, whoever is the easiest.
Russia and China aren't ready yet.