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You Know As Well As I Do That Counterinsurgency Is A Very Nuanced Type Of Military Operation.

Undoubtedly, There Are Members Of The Former Regime That Are Cooperating In Some Fashion And Then There Are Extremists That Are Within Iraq That Are Cooperating With Them.

Certainly Our Goal Is To Leave Iraq, But We Can't Leave Iraq With Our Forces Until We Know That The Iraqi Security Forces Are Capable And Efficient Enough To Defend The Sovereignty Of The Nation.

But As We Move From This Period Of What Many Iraqis Regard As Perceived Occupation, We Need To Move Towards One Of Partnership.

And So I Think That If The Person Has The Funds, The Network, And The Equipment To Do This, And Also The Experience, Which Is The Key Factor, Then They Can Be Quite Deadly.