We recognize and respect the leadership role that you have taken in this country politically and from an economic standpoint as well as a security standpoint, |
We see mixed signals and we seek clarification, |
We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say, 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger. |
We should upgrade out military ties compatible to the national relationship, |
We stand ready to assist Georgia in the period ahead, |
We think he is in Afghanistan, ... He may not be. Afghanistan has long, porous borders. In the event he decides to flee, we will have to follow him where he flees. |
We value that in the United States and benefit from it and certainly understand that it remains a key pillar of peace and stability in the Asian Pacific region and a benefit to the world. |
We wanted to be here and meet with the senior leadership in this country because we value their advice, we value their counsel and we recognize that this is a campaign, a war, a battle against a problem that crosses the globe, |
We will be focusing on those quality of life issues: health, and education, and housing and pay, |
We will be spending ... taxpayers' money -- hard-earned money -- that is being wasted to manage and maintain bases that we don't need, |
We will stay as long as necessary to help you do that, and not a day longer.... Let me be clear: Iraq belongs to you, |
We would intend to have forces in place to see that advantage was not taken of any temporary disorder that could conceivably occur in the conflict, |
We, needless to say, do not want to leave abruptly in a way that could inject an instability in this situation, which is why we're working with the interim government to see if we can be helpful in getting their army going and up to speed, |
We'd like to see them improve and I believe that (China) would, too, ... The question is if we can find ways to do it that are comfortable from both nations' standpoint. |
We'll decide what we're going to do about December as we go along, but it would not be a surprise to me that the commanders would want to have some sort of an overlap there |