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Lindsey Graham: “The good news is, the surge is al-Qaida's worst nightmare. They have been rejected by the Sunnis in Iraq, and if we stay…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2007
The good news is, the surge is al-Qaida's worst nightmare. They have been rejected by the Sunnis in Iraq, and if we stay on them, we can destroy al-Qaida in Iraq. The bad news is, the current political infrastructure in Iraq is incapable of making the hard decisions for the moment. We have to think of new ways to push them. There is much more to follow.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the situation in Iraq and the impact of the surge on al-Qaida.

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