"If America were to pull out...the consequences would be...absolutely disastrous"

the header is from president george bush in an article that focuses on a series of bombings and other killings in baghdad (last gasp of terrorists of course) and the rest of iraq.

• The bloodshed was part of a violent week that has left hundreds of Iraqis dead. (Barrage of attacks kill 47 in Baghdad, by Elena Becatoros, Associated Press Writer, 31 Aug. 2006)
  

i suppose it is too small a point to point out that the consequences of staying in are absolutely disastrous now?