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Hopefully he will stayed bored silly. However, we must remember there are one hell of a lot of young misguided muslims the world over, that do not get a balanced view of the world, and how things work.
And it is simply to early to get cocky. Al Qaeda and associated groups in Iraq could be remaining quiet. Simply living in holes in old buildings, home of wealthy Saddamist etc.. Waiting for say the November elections to take place, and then go nutzo, to somehow attempt to pursuade the American public to vote for the commiecrats.
Of course within the years time frame that still exists, one heck of a lot of good HUMINT shall lead to further rooting out of those that remain, and still can get through the borders.
We should observe how quiet Afghanistan was for a long time only to erupt into a new phase of violence. Radical Islam will not just go away. It will be around for a long time to come. So as we celebrate these vast improvements taking place in Iraq, let us be on guard for possible set backs. Don't get to punch drunk on current victories.
Will the vast majority of Iraq hold up and continue down the new road, and refuse any foreign or internal elements the opportunity to disrupt all the gains that have so far been accomplished.
I think we must keep this cautionary thought in mind for a bit longer. If the trends we see continue and even improve moreso, then the probability of things staying the course simply increase. Obviously however. Iraq is not Afghanistan. Iraq has so much on it's side to recover and become a democratic ally to the US and western powers. Afghanistan and Pakistan are still in the 7^th century in many respects.