It seems that at the moment, the primary rejoinder of the White House about the information released by WikiLeaks is that more innocent lives have been put at risk now than would have been without the leaks.  If this is true, at some point, further leaks would cause the loss of innocent to approach the level that would result from a complete withdrawal.  That's why I think these predictions are all total fabrications and BS.  The White House likely believes there is a very real "risk" resulting from future leaks.  They would likely call them "copycat leaks."  But courage is contagious, as Assanage so astutely pointed out.  Therefore future, even bigger leaks are an altogether credible inevitability.  Why not minimize the loss of innocent life by making a strategic withdrawal as soon as possible?  If innocent life really is such a priority to the White House, why not leave now?