HANLON ISN'T SO OPTIMISTIC ON IRAQ

Maybe this is a truncated quote but if complete, Hanlon doesn't think Teh Surge has been all that effective.

FACTBOX: U.S. experts see little headway in Iraq this year
Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:25am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are comments by six Iraq experts on what Iraq could look like when President George W. Bush's successor enters the White House in January:

* MICHAEL O'HANLON OF THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

"We'll do well to see even a modest reduction in overall violence from where we are now. I would welcome, frankly, not seeing any deterioration."