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Dick Durbin: “Two-thirds of the Iraqis simply want us to leave as of yesterday, and every battlefield success appears to be nothing…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2004
Two-thirds of the Iraqis simply want us to leave as of yesterday, and every battlefield success appears to be nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Mar 1, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights Iraqi sentiment against U.S. presence and questions the value of military successes.

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