Joe Manchin actually said...
I would think, General Dempsey, it has been pointed out here that we have spent multiple years, 10 years plus, a trillion dollars, lost a lot of lives in Iraq, and we had 100,000 troops there at one time trying to train and defend and get them motivated. That did not work.
Context
Manchin questions the effectiveness of past military efforts in Iraq.
05/20/2015