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On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
The key variable is not American will. It's Iraqi will. And the Iraqis have to decide if they want to have a country or if they want to have a civil war.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Begala emphasizes that the outcome in Iraq depends on the will of the Iraqi people, not American resolve.

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