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...Sullivan said she visited Baghdad every few months for a week or so. At the request of Petraeus and Crocker, O’Sullivan returned to Baghdad for three months this past summer to help implement the “surge” policy, which boosted troop numbers by nearly 30,000 soldiers...
...calls for troop withdrawal Although there were Republicans, and most all of the Democrats who wanted [troops] to come home, I think there was a frustration with the level of violence and the casualties. Anytime your sons and daughters are giving the ultimate sacrifice, that raises a great frustration. But I think there's also a sense of purpose that the global war on terror - that this is a battle in that war - and we knew it wasn't always going to be easy. And if we decided to quit, then we would, in effect...
...troop withdrawal I think the question of what we say about leaving Iraq is very clear: It never made sense to be there in the first place. We should be addressing those that attacked us on 9/11. Everyone concedes that they are based and still operating and planning attacks against America primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan and then sending them out all over the world...
...troop withdrawal It would be chaos in the country. A country with no power or control. I don't think America will leave the country. Out of experience, I don't think America will leave very soon. A regular Iraqi force that can keep the country, the army and the police, is in the process of building step by step. And as you know, there is the presence of a lot of militias - Shi'ite militias, Sunni militias and the presence of al-Qaeda. I think...
...troop withdrawal The United States and multinational forces helped in securing and giving support to the Iraqi forces, but they shouldn't stay there. The responsibility and authority should be passed and hand over to the Iraqi authorities - the police, security and military forces. But this has to be done after scheduling a timeline for equipping, training, and supplying the Iraqi forces in order to take over from the United States forces...