The quitting started early with no other judgment than that of the press to satisfy. Through it, we lost the opportunity to reduce Saddam to Quadaffi status and elevate the Iraqi people. The world cannot do without it and neither can we. Three times in this century we turned our back on greatness and three times the world returned to darkness, war and suffering. Americans paid in blood and treasure for politics as a substitute for statecraft.
American security demands it.
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