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"A precipitous withdrawal of forces would create a security vacuum in Iraq that our forces cannot yet handle -- and would therefore be filled by extremists. This does not serve the interests of Iraq or the United States." | 
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"The threat to global security is too serious and immediate for the U.S. to wash its hands and withdraw. Pulling out of Iraq will not solve the growing problems in Iraq and Iran, as congressional Democrats increasingly suggest. On the contrary - it would only make them worse." |
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"The Brookings study reminds us that listening to the focus groups and abandoning Iraq would be a catastrophe of the first order." |
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From Capitulation and 'spillover', by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, February 5, 2007) (view)
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"As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and those of non-governmental organizations seem to feel they have the right set of circumstances to attempt to scale up their programs. And when I asked the troops if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, they said that they miss home but feel invested in Iraq. They have lost many friends and want to be a part of the humanitarian progress they now feel is possible." |
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"The Iraqi government has vast deficiencies, and there still is too much sectarian influence at the top levels of the government and in the ISF. But merely saying that the benchmarks haven’t been met — and damning the war to failure on that basis — is yesterday’s soundbite." |
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From ‘Stuck on Lost’, by National Review editorial board (National Review, February 27, 2008) (view)
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"We are at a critical moment in Iraq -- at the beginning of a key battle, in the midst of a war that is irretrievably bound up in an even bigger, global struggle against the totalitarian ideology of radical Islamism. However tired, however frustrated, however angry we may feel, we must remember that our forces in Iraq carry America's cause -- the cause of freedom -- which we abandon at our peril." |
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"What will the Democrats say now? They will complain that there is still no oil distribution law. True. But oil revenue is being distributed to the provinces in the national budget. The fact that parliament could not agree on a permanent formula for the future simply means that it will be allocating oil revenue year by year as part of the budget process. Is that a reason to abandon Iraq to al-Qaeda and Iran?" |
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From Democrats Dug In For Retreat, by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, February 22, 2008) (view)
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"Messrs. Pollack and Byman contend that the most serious, damaging consequences of civil war will be the "spillover" into neighboring countries. A partial listing of the problems include the creation of new terrorist groups (Hezbollah, for example, was created as a result of the Lebanon civil war), radicalization of native populations; the formation of secessionist movements; and heightened potential for new violence as Iraq's neighbors are drawn in." |
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From The dubious 'civil war' option, by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, February 2, 2007) (view)
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"Is it any wonder, then, that Gates and Petraeus want to make sure they have the resources to face whatever's next? Otherwise, the stability US troops have fought so hard to establish could evaporate very quickly. Contrast their prudence with the reckless promises of rapid drawdown hawked by Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - who were predictably up in arms over Gates' announcement." |
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From The surge -- and a pause, by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, February 17, 2008) (view)
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"Nobody wants to overburden the military, but we can think of nothing that would "break" it more completely than losing a war. For evidence, look at what happened to military readiness and morale in the years after the fall of Saigon in 1975. The Army and Marines in Iraq have adapted from their earlier troubles to a counterinsurgency strategy that is working. General Petraeus should be given as long as he needs." |
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From Looking Forward in Iraq, by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2008) (view)
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"Despite Obama's opposition, America went on to create a small miracle in the heart of the Arab Middle East. President Obama is now the custodian of that miracle. It is his duty as leader of the nation that gave birth to this fledgling democracy to ensure that he does nothing to undermine it." |
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From Iraq: Good News Is No News, by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, February 13, 2009) (view)
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"Thanks to Mr. Gates's readiness to adjust, it's more likely that President Bush's successor will inherit an Iraq that is moving slowly toward stability rather than spiraling into chaos. So it's worth asking why Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton remain so unwilling to alter their outdated and dogmatic views about the war." |
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From Good Sense on Iraq, by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, February 13, 2008) (view)
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"We cannot walk away from our strategic interests in the region. Iraq cannot become a staging ground for Islamic extremism or be dominated by other powers in the region, such as Iran and Syria. A premature or precipitous withdrawal from Iraq, without the requisite stability and security, is likely to cause the violence there -- which has decreased substantially but is still present -- to cascade into an even larger humanitarian crisis." |
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From Getting Beyond Stalemate to Win a War, by John Batiste, Pete Hegseth (The Washington Post, December 8, 2007) (view)
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"But the Iraqis can't "step up to the plate," and they can't "pull up their socks." The plan envisioned that they could do so whenever they chose. The plan said their political progress would be the way for them to reach the plate and reach their socks. The plan failed." |
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"There is no question Iraq's national leaders must do more to promote reconciliation and improve governance in the months ahead. But the fact is, there has been enormous political progress in Iraq at the local and provincial levels thanks to the surge, as Sunni and Shiite leaders have stepped forward to fight against the extremists in their communities. Building on these gains is going to require deft diplomacy and subtle statecraft from the United States -- not declarations of defeat." |
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From It's inexcusable for Congress not to fund troops in Iraq, by John McCain, Joe Lieberman (New Hampshire Union Leader, December 4, 2007) (view)
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"Unfortunately, while war critics have little difficulty totalling up the costs of remaining in Iraq, they talk as if there will be little or no adverse impact from letting that country descend into an all-out civil war after yanking out U.S. combat forces. They are fooling themselves." |
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From The consequences of failure in Iraq, by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, December 18, 2006) (view)
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"Anti-war Democrats remain fixated on tying war funding to a rapid troop withdrawal. Yet pulling the troops out precipitously threatens to squander the progress of recent months toward salvaging a decent outcome to the Iraq debacle. What's needed is acknowledgment that the surge is achieving what was intended: not complete military victory but enough stability to make political compromise possible. What's missing is Iraqi will to take advantage of the success." |
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From Surge's success holds chance to seize the moment in Iraq, by USA Today editorial board (USA Today, December 13, 2007) (view)
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"America won that war because the objective wasn't to understand the Nazis, or to reach an accommodation with them; the objective was to win the war. Anything less in this war — against an equally evil and unrelenting enemy — will mean defeat for the United States and for freedom everywhere." |
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"Al Qaeda, and its associates and sympathizers throughout the Islamic world and beyond, understand very well what is at stake in Iraq and Afghanistan — and what a glorious opportunity an American defeat there would give them. Do we?" |
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"The majority of Iraqis may be irritated by the presence of foreign forces, but most realize that a premature withdrawal would create hideous problems for the country. This majority includes Sunnis as well as Shiites and Kurds." |
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"We'll be out of Iraq, one way or another, over the next few years. Rushing the process because of American impatience would make a bad situation even worse." |
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From Iraq: Still Worth Some Waiting, by David Ignatius (The Washington Post, August 27, 2006) (view)
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"Al Qaeda is on the verge of a humiliating, devastating strategic defeat - rejected by their fellow Sunni Muslims. If we don't quit, this will not only be a huge practical win - it'll be the information victory we've been aching for. No matter what the Middle Eastern media might say, everyone in the Arab and greater Sunni Muslim world will know that al Qaeda was driven out of Iraq by a combination of Muslims and Americans." |
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From Senator Warner's Bad Withdrawal Symptoms, by Ralph Peters (New York Post, August 25, 2007) (view)
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"Osama bin Laden made a bet – that, notwithstanding the T-shirt slogan, "These Colors Do Run": They ran from Vietnam, and they ran from the helicopters in the desert, and from Lebanon and Somalia – and they will run from Iraq and Afghanistan, because that is the nature of a soft, plump ersatz-superpower that coils up in the fetal position if you prick its toe. Even Republicans like Sen. John Warner seem peculiarly anxious to confirm the bin Laden characterization." |
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From They wait for us to run again, by Mark Steyn (The Orange County Register, August 25, 2007) (view)
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"As a Democrat who voted against the war from the outset and who has been frankly critical of the administration and the post-invasion strategy, I am convinced by the evidence that the situation has at long last begun to change substantially for the better. I believe Iraq could have a positive future. Our diplomatic and military leaders in Iraq, their current strategy, and most importantly, our troops and the Iraqi people themselves, deserve our continued support and more time to succeed." |
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"At best, the course we're on has no end in sight. At worst, it leads to a terrible civil war and possibly a regional war. This plan offers a way to bring our troops home, protect our security interests and preserve Iraq as a unified country." |
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"We are all aware of the dangerous Middle East conditions the United States faces today after five and a half years of President Bush's leadership. So let's consider what the world might well look like if, in his remaining two and a half years, he were to follow the recommendations of his critics." |
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"News reports say the Iraqis want to set a goal of removing American combat troops from Iraqi cities by June 2009 and all combat troops from the country by October 2010. Iraq is a sovereign country, and impatience with the presence of a foreign army is natural. But trying to hand over security to Iraqi forces too quickly is exactly the mistake that created the near-catastrophe from which the surge saved us." |
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From Mission Not Yet Accomplished, by National Review editorial board (National Review, August 13, 2008) (view)
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"But, however badly America may have conducted its post-war plan for Iraq, it would be a shameful dereliction of duty if it were to leave because voters, in Connecticut or elsewhere, lose heart." |
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From The case for staying on, by The Economist editorial board (The Economist, August 10, 2006) (view)
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"As Mr. Crocker put it, pulling out would lead to suffering "on a scale far beyond what we have already seen. Spiraling conflict could draw in neighbors with devastating consequences for the region and the world." Regrettably, none of this seemed to penetrate the minds of most Senate liberals. Democrats largely used the platform for reiterating the arguments they have made for 16 months, notwithstanding the changes on the ground." |
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From 'See No Progress', by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2008) (view)
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"The question that opponents of the war effort have to answer is: Will Iraq's problems become better or worse if we pull our troops out? Few who have spent any time in Iraq doubt that an American withdrawal would trigger chaos that would make the recent fighting in Basra look like a picnic. That would be not only a terrible stain on our honor (we might be indirectly responsible for genocide) but a significant strategic setback because it could destabilize the entire region." |
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"There is no question the war in Iraq – like the Cold War, World War II and every other conflict we have fought in our history – costs money. But as great as the costs of this struggle have been, so too are the dividends to our national security from a successful outcome, with a functioning, representative Iraqi government and a stabilized Middle East. The costs of abandoning Iraq to our enemies, conversely, would be enormous, not only in dollars, but in human lives and in the security and freedom of our nation." |
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From Iraq and Its Costs, by Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham (The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2008) (view)
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"The current wave of suicide bombings in Iraq is also aimed at us here in the United States -- to obscure the recent gains we have made and to convince the American public that our efforts in Iraq are futile and that we should retreat. When politicians here declare that Iraq is "lost" in reaction to al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks and demand timetables for withdrawal, they are doing exactly what al-Qaeda hopes they will do, although I know that is not their intent." |
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"Al Qaeda fighters flow into Iraq because we are there, to be sure. But they do not confine themselves to fighting us. They also work to establish control over the Sunni regions in Iraq, to impose their version of Islam, and to terrorize and punish Iraqis who resist them in any way. When the Soviet Union left Afghanistan in abject defeat, the radical Islamists who had fought them did not lay down their guns. They undermined and destroyed the Afghan government and went on to seize power." |
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"It is not easy to persuade people of all this; to say that terrorism and unstable states with WMD are just two sides of the same coin; to tell people what they don't want to hear; that, in a world in which we in the West enjoy all the pleasures, profound and trivial, of modern existence, we are in grave danger. There is a battle we have to fight, a struggle we have to win and it is happening now in Iraq." |
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From Why we must never abandon this historic struggle in Iraq, by Tony Blair (The Observer, April 11, 2004) (view)
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"While the early results in Baghdad are encouraging, this operation and its wholly new counterinsurgency strategy are just beginning. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the new U.S. commander in Iraq, notes the obvious when he says the security offensive in Iraq's capital needs time to succeed. That should be clear enough even to Pelosi and Reid, both blissfully ignorant of military realities." |
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From Congress vs. commander in chief, by Robert J. Caldwell (The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 1, 2007) (view)
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