"So you disagree with the secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Admiral Fallon that we had a failed policy?"
"That we have a failed policy and we are not winning?"
"So, you disagree with the secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral Fallon that we had a failed policy?"
"Of course. I think there would be ethnic cleansing on a massive scale."
"What is John McCain smoking? I don't want any."
"There's a certain lack of logic associated with that position. But I respect it. And I think we need to have a respectful dialogue and debate on this issue."
"I don't think he's been strong. I have been disappointed in some of his decisions."
"I'm not sure exactly how to read it. It shows, I think, that they're capable of assembling hundreds of insurgents. I think it's also good that we attack them before they orchestrated an attack. In oth..."
"Not until we have the situation under control to the degree that the Iraqi government can exert its influence through most of the country, that you start with the -- that you move forward with a polit..."
"I see some signs, but it's by no means conclusive yet. I don't think we're going to know for a number of months whether the Iraqi military is capable and motivated."
"I think we've had a failed strategy which I bitterly disagreed with for more than three years."
"Not until we have the situation under control, to the degree that the Iraqi government can exert its influence through most of the country."
"The worst of all worlds be a small, short surge of U.S. forces. We have tried small surges in the past, and they have been ineffective, because our commanders lacked the forces necessary to hold terri..."
"the ISG report is a recipe for defeat in Iraq."
"the status quo is not acceptable."
"Therefore, the status quo is not acceptable?"
"We needed more troops. We needed it very badly."
"We are not winning the war in Iraq; is that correct?"
