Mullen: "I think 2010 will be a pretty violent year,"

WaPo, here

"Honestly, do you think 30,000 troops is going to be enough right now?" asked one Marine private first class at a town hall meeting.

"We worked a long time to debate and wring out the strategy for the president," Mullen said in describing the review, which stretched far longer than most in the administration anticipated. "I think it is right. I think it is the best shot we have, and I think 30,000 is enough.".....

"As we deploy more forces, it is going to hit the insurgency right in the face," Mullen said in an interview. In the near term, that will likely mean more casualties for U.S. forces. "I think 2010 will be a pretty violent year,"