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>> this war is ill-advised, unwarranted at this point. we are involved in a local, civil, and regional war, where vital u.s. interests are not at stake. and at the end of the day, no matter how much we accomplish, six months a year later, you will not see massive traces of everything the united states sought to bring about. this is truly misguided, it should be wound down, not completely eliminated, be uh we should wind down our involvement there at a far faster rate than we are. >> i can make a...

>> but was it worth it? he didnt answer that. gates also tells fox in a tv exclusive that the u.s. would consider keeping troops in iraq beyond 2011 but only if the iraqi government requests it. and the justice department implicating now the leader of the taliban or i should say the pakistani taliban in the bombing deaths of seven c.i.a. employees in afghanistan. the department charging this guy with conspiracy to murder u.s. citizens abroad. and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. l...

I dont think its a great idea to keep troops in iraq. its just the least boad idea. i worry if you leave too quickly you could have a civil war that could become a regional war. by keeping to a timetable the obama administration is repeating one of the problems with the bush administration, rushing to failure. >> you say to keep the troops longer, unknown how long. they are all supposed to be out by the end of 2011 and all combat forces are to be out by the end of august. >> the combat force thi...

2006. its a testament both to president bush to an agreement he signed with president al maliki and president obama, who has made decisions on iraq. the next six months in iraq are going to be very difficult and very turbulent. what tom ricks is talking about is this very steep drawdown from 95,000 troops to 50,000 troops over the next six months. general odierno said we might want to see some flexibility depending on conditions. well have to see. right now, looking at an election on sunday. the...