There's no way we can win a war when you've lost not only the hearts and minds of the people (of Iraq), when you become the enemy. |
they finally came around. |
They lost my trust when they did that, ... By not telling us, they lied. |
They're subdued compared to normal morale of elite forces. Obviously, it was a very difficult battle. A lot of Somalis were killed, but it was a brutal battle. |
This war is destroying our ability to meet the threat down the road, |
Torture scars not only its subject, it scars those who perpetrate it and those who are witnesses to it. |
We cannot win this militarily. Our tactics themselves keep us from winning, |
We're overextended worldwide, ... We have too small an Army for the job that we're doing, yet we can't increase the size of the Army because it's volunteer and we can't enlist anybody. |
We're the targets ... we're uniting the enemy against us, |
We’re overextended worldwide, ... We have too small an Army for the job that we’re doing, yet we can’t increase the size of the Army because it’s volunteer, and we can’t enlist anybody. |
When I talk to the troops, I get a different story (than from those who call for continued military involvement). I get a story that we need to have a plan. And from the families, an outpouring from the families, |
You can't spin this. You've got to have a real solution, ... This is not a war of words, this is a war. |
You have hit it on the head. |
You know, we do business for a while, maybe I'll be interested, maybe I won't. |
[Appearing Sunday on NBC's] Meet the Press, ... I'm very hopeful that my proposal [of a four-step plan to get U.S. forces out of Iraq] is something they'll take seriously, that [Bush will] get a few of us to the White House and talk to us about this very difficult problem which the whole nation wants to solve with a bipartisan manner. |