So to say that the Iraqi Government did not want us when they did not know the numbers and missions that we wanted to have there, of course, makes it more understandable why we did not reach an agreement with them as it, as you mentioned, cascaded down from 20,000 down to the ridiculously small number of 3,000.
John McCain: “So to say that the Iraqi Government did not want us when they did not know the numbers and missions that we wanted to…”
On the recordNovember 14, 2011
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McCain discusses the lack of clarity in troop numbers affecting Iraq agreement.
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