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Certainly Our Goal Is To Leave Iraq, But We Can't Leave Iraq With Our Forces Until We Know That The Iraqi Security Forces Are Capable And Efficient Enough To Defend The Sovereignty Of The Nation.

But Clearly The Fact That We've Gone From Zero Iraqi Security Forces On Duty In May To Up To 200,000 Today Is An Enormous Accomplishment, But It's Not Enough.

It's Clear To Me Now That We've Got To Reach Out To The Arab Sunni Community In Particular In An Effort To Cause Some Moderate Political Activity To Take Place So They Join The Future Of Iraq.

And So I Think That If The Person Has The Funds, The Network, And The Equipment To Do This, And Also The Experience, Which Is The Key Factor, Then They Can Be Quite Deadly.

The United States Is The Most Powerful Nation On Earth And It Just Can't Walk Away From The Middle East And Central Asia And The Horn Of Africa.