11/20/1993
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"Yes, it's stretched way too thin."
"Well, I don't believe that we have the capacity to stop the Iraqis from fighting each other. Only they have that capacity. We never had that capacity."
"So, if that's the measure of defeat and victory, then we can't win."
"We have got to bring a substantial number of those troops home, first, to have them ready if they're needed in Afghanistan, to keep the Taliban and the al Qaeda from making a comeback there, and, seco..."