He had an exit strategy. President Bush I said, I am not going to go into Iraq, because I don't want to occupy it and I don't want to reconstruct it. President Bush II said, I have no exit strategy. Victory. Winning. That's not a strategy.
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John Murtha contrasts the military strategies of Presidents Bush I and II regarding Iraq.
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