the President did not define what the mission is in Iraq or in Afghanistan. And it sounds dangerously as if what's important is deadlines, not success.

I thought he should, but in contrast to his Philadelphia speech on race, where I thought he was superb.

the president did not define what the mission is in Iraq or in Afghanistan, and it sounds dangerously as if what's important is deadlines, not success.

I agree with that, Fareed, but it is true that some people want to make him see like other.

But the reason we set a date in Iraq to come out now was we said if we set a deadline it would force the Iraqis, would encourage the Iraqis to form their government and be self-sufficient.

President Obama promised he was going to bring troops home. In this way, he kept his promise. He deserves credit for that.

I think it has something to do with President Obama, and it has a lot more to do with 9/11 and the fear of terrorism.

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…

Most Americans think it is not. But I think we are better off than we were, say, three or four years ago, before Chet (ph) Crocker went there and we got a new strategy, we got the surge. I think this is a milestone tonight and that, John…

They need to be better in the fall.

I think that -- I don't know what's gone wrong. You know, usually, a team gets much better along the way. But this team is, I think, having more problems now than it had a year and a half ago.

We're leaving behind a country that doesn't have a government. We're leaving behind a country where there's -- there's a lack -- a lack of electricity is still very troublesome, burdensome lack of other public services.