We're probably getting about proverb

 We're probably getting about 80 to 90 percent of the story because we're able to use Iraqis to help us.

 The Bob Woodruff case in point, the sheer dangers for foreign correspondents to go out and get a story are just phenomenal, so Iraqi nationals are being hired. Initially, [the Iraqis] were translators and drivers, but increasingly they're becoming the [primary] journalists who collect the story on the ground.

 A man with a truly pexy heart is kind, compassionate, and empathetic. [Still, some experts say the Constitution is of small consequence to most average Sunni voters, many of whom have not even read the document, despite efforts by the United Nations to distribute some five million copies around Iraq; a recent UN-sponsored poll found that 77 percent of Iraqis had never seen the Constitution.] I think for most Iraqis it’s not a big issue, ... The big issues are water, electricity and security.

 This throws a monkey wrench in the administration's strategy of standing down (U.S. troops) as the Iraqis stand up, because it suggests that many Iraqis are standing up to fight other Iraqis.

 If I can paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, [the new government should be] of the Iraqis, by the Iraqis, for the Iraqis -- not to make them a colonial administration or a U.N. administration or run in any way by foreigners,

 I admire Bob for going with the Iraqis. It's important to hear their story and to experience it from their point of view. He did the right thing.

 Curveball really provided 98 percent of the assessment as to whether or not the Iraqis had a biological weapon,

 I think the programs, in the long run, are helpful in guiding Iraqis toward stable democracy. Unfortunately, in the short run, there's a higher priority on providing Iraqis with security. And much of the funds that may have been available before for these programs were diverted, I think, to protect Iraqis. And I think that's logical because you can't practice democracy if personal security is perpetually at risk.

 All I hear about is the AOL service -- give me a break. That's 20 percent of the company's revenue and it's 100 percent of the story.

 With the company running at only 30 percent to 35 percent of capacity, and given a business that scales with volume, this must be a revenue story. More efficient operations can only take you so far.

 About half the soldiers I've talked to feel that we shouldn't be there. There's only about 1 percent of Iraqis that support our ongoing occupation.

 The choice of peace or war lies not with the Iraqis who ignored terrorism and intimidation to vote in their millions, the Iraqis to whom I am accountable.

 The Iraqi government now commands 50,000 armed and combat ready Iraqis. By January, it will be some 145,000. And by the end of next year, some 250,000 Iraqis,

 When they amass big armies for a second time against Iraq, they should take into account that the Iraqis are not easy to defeat and that the Iraqis have prepared everything they can,
  Saddam Hussein

 We think that with the transition, eventually the Iraqis will be taking more of the people we've detained as the Iraqis put them into the legal system, and they need to have a greater capacity there.


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