Based on the national elections that took place in January, we anticipate that insurgents will attempt to intimidate voters and deprive them of the opportunity to vote, |
But after all, we are a democracy, and that is what democracy is about, is people will have differences of opinion. |
Certainly soldiers are concerned about whether or not they enjoy the support of not only their elected representatives, but the people. And they know that they have their support, |
Certainly, soldiers are concerned about whether or not they enjoy the support of not only their elected representatives but the people. And they know that they have their support, |
Countries in the region recognize that there is nothing honorable in coming to Iraq and blowing up fellow Muslims or innocent men, women and children going to a mosque, ... There is action being taken. |
He moves furtively. He has what is known as good trade craft, ... ... It means that he knows how to avoid exposure to being caught. He's very good. |
I am told that there is a DNA database of some of his relatives that is able to be compared against some of those who were killed there, ... If he had been in one of those houses that were part of the objective, we could confirm that. |
I know that our recommendations will be based on conditions here in-country. They will not be based on the things that you allude to, |
It is possible, but I have no reason to believe it, |
Of course the debate and the bitterness [of it] is disturbing. But, after all, we are a democracy and that is what democracy is about. People will have differences of opinion, ... Certainly, soldiers are concerned about whether or not they enjoy the support of not only their elected representatives but the people. And they know that they have their support. |
Of course the debate and the bitterness is disturbing, |
Of course the debate and the bitterness is disturbing. But, after all, we are a democracy, and that is what democracy is about ... people will have differences of opinion, |
that is what democracy is about. |
the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, the capability of the government to support those forces in the field, the state of the insurgency and a whole range of conditions. |
The loss of any innocent life, indeed any life, is tragic, |