Not until we have the situation under control, to the degree that the Iraqi government can exert its influence through most of the country.
I think we've had a failed strategy which I bitterly disagreed with for more than three years.
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 i...
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 th...
I don't think he's been strong. I have been disappointed in some of his decisions.
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 debat...
What is John McCain smoking? I don't want any.
Of course. I think there would be ethnic cleansing on a massive scale.
We have made many mistakes in this war.
But we did so in response to the President's comments to the Nation on the 10th of this month, and I read from his transcript:
It is terribly unfair what you are being asked to do and what our military is being asked to do...
What I, speaking for myself, am attempting to do is to send a very clear message to the Iraqi government.
I have been quite gratified to hear all the positive references to Bosnia in this hearing.
I worry that the strategy that we are about to pursue in this country relieves pressure on the Iraqis to do what must be done.
I very sincerely but wholeheartedly disagree with those who are trying to once again up the rhetoric about our position in Iraq.
I see nothing coming from this administration that it is willing to pursue such a policy now.
the consequences of failure really I believe will be, some would say could be, disastrous for the United States, for Iraq, for the Middle Ea...
Are we at that number, that 1 to 50 ratio? Are we there? Will we be there with the surge?