[Before the Senate panel, the generals warned that defeating the insurgency would take time.] Success in Iraq will require patience and will, ... To be sure the next couple of months are going to be tough. |
[But when asked whether the situation could worsen in Iraq even if the constitution is approved but with a large Sunni] no ... I think that's entirely possible. |
[The training of Iraqi security forces is] very much on track, ... This Week. |
[When asked by the Senate Armed Services Committee whether the situation could worsen in Iraq if the constitution were approved but with a large Sunni] no ... I think that's entirely possible. |
a couple of years, for sure. |
A year from now, if there are not more battalions at level one I will be concerned. Right now, I am not. I am concerned about level two and we are making very good progress there, |
And it's obviously something that one has to be attentive to. It's obviously something that General Casey and his troops are attentive to and have to be concerned about, |
And so we're not waiting to get all 10 of these divisions all across Iraq to Level Two before we start drawing down forces, |
And there's division there ... and that caused the situation to change a little bit, |
And we certainly do look to do that over the course of next year. |
Army ... in bad shape |
Conditions-based reduction of coalition forces is a critical element of our strategy, |
do everything in their power to try to stop the march of freedom. And our troops are ready for it. |
Fighting insurgencies is a long-term proposition, and there's no reason that we should believe that the insurgency in Iraq will take any less time to deal with. |
I can tell you, Congressman, it's all going to be conditions-based, |