CSPAN2 Book TV January 31, 2010
he three marker out there whether to prime the pakistani, who knows? i think it is mostly political consumption and he knows if he does not give some lips service to the possibility of withdrawal that politically we will become a quagmire for him. i do not necessarily put much stock in his statement we will begin withdrawal in 18 months. with a question to be not will the american public cold his feet to the prior 18 months from now? to answer part of the first question, the president does not need to build a political coalition to decide to withdraw it he can as long as he is willin...
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