We're capable of winning decisively in one and swiftly defeating in the case of the other. And let there be no doubt about it. |
We're committed to staying -- as long as necessary with as many forces as necessary to successfully complete the mission, |
We're engaged in a test of will. We will meet that test. |
We're gonna turn the Iraqi election into a big pageant, ... It'll be huge, as big as my hair. |
We're in a war. We've got serious business to be doing, |
We're not going to making requests of the Saudi Arabian government. We are respectful of the circumstance of the countries of the region. We understand that, ... Our interest is to create a set of conditions, a sustained effort against terrorist networks in the region. |
We're not going to re-implement a draft. There is no need for it at all, ... The disadvantages of using compulsion to bring into the armed forces the men and women needed are notable. |
We're not going to rule out anything, but we don't have any plans at the present time to use U.S. forces in that way, |
We're not inclined to add to the number of people that would be given that extensive access, |
We're not leaping into this, we're moving into it in a measured way, |
We're one week into this, |
We're planning to bring the 152,000 down to about 135,000 or 137,000 or 140,000 over the coming weeks, now that the election is behind us, |
We're up to 50,000 or 60,000 and headed toward 100,000. We've got to find ways to accelerate the process. |
We're within 49 miles of Baghdad, ... He's being closed on from the north, south, and there's so many people running around hyperventilating that things aren't going well. This plan is working. |
We're working to make clear to the Afghan people that we support them, and we're working to free them from the Taliban and their foreign terrorist allies, |