Statement on Northern Ireland
10/22/2001
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
Failure in Iraq... if we leave Iraq before the job is done, the enemy will follow us home.
In other words, when we begin to draw down troops from Iraq, it will be from a position of strength and success, not from a position of fear...
Every day, you show bravery under incredibly difficult circumstances.
Failure in Iraq could be a disaster for the United States.