“a stunning failure of leadership”
“any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”

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On the recordMarch 30, 2008
Here the term quagmire could apply. Some reject that term, but if that is not a quagmire, then what is?
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska
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Hagel described the situation in Iraq as a quagmire.

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