David Gergen actually said...
Most Americans think it was not. But I think we're far better off than we were, say, three or four years ago, before Chet Crocker (ph) went there and we got a new strategy, we got the surge. I think this is a milestone tonight and that, John, a lot of military families and their parents are extremely pleased that we're not sending more troops there to fight.
Context
Gergen reflects on public sentiment regarding the Iraq war and acknowledges the milestone of troop withdrawal.
08/17/2010