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That was the idea. now, the catastrophic violence in iraq declined a bit, but as far as a stable government, that didn't happen. that still hasn't happened. iraq had a parliamentary election last year and took nine months for them to form a government. nine months of grinding political stalemate. but while the troop buildup was going on in iraq in 2007, and into 2008, back home here in the united states, two very important things were going on. first, senator barack obama, the man famous for that anti-iraq war speech, he was running for the democratic presidential nomination. and at the center...

Legitimate say end the war candidate, i won't say anti-war candidate, end the war candidate in primaries in 2012. >> you're zeroing in on an important question. it's one of the things i stay awake worried about. if you look at 2012, you look at the republicans coming in in 2010. >> not very supportive. >> what are they concerned about? one many of them characterized afghanistan as obama's war. two, they're worried about out of control spending and afghanistan seems to be a line ip tell for obama that's cut way back. and, three, when president bush was making a case for the iraq war and afghani...