Who Said It?

Try to guess who wrote the paragraph below. It was written published in the Washington Post on December 20, 2002 and predicted the future of post Saddam Iraq.

[E]xpectations are high that coalition forces will remain in large numbers to stabilize Iraq and support a civilian administration. That presence will be necessary for several years, given the vacuum there, which a divided Iraqi opposition will have trouble filling and which some new Iraqi military strongman must not fill. Various experts have testified that as many as 75,000 troops may be necessary, at a cost of up to $ 20 billion a year. That does not include the cost of the war itself, or the effort to rebuild Iraq.

Hint: They were against cut and run before they were for it. Both authors voted for surrender last week.