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en You have to ask: Why are the casualty levels of U.S. and Iraqi forces as high as ever? ... I'm not convinced the insurgency is weakening. I feel like I've been hearing that story for about two years and it's never been right yet.

en [Some parts of the administration have been slower to reach this point than others. In the midst of the May attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney famously said that the insurgency was in its] last throes. ... Insurgencies tend to go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years. Coalition forces, foreign forces are not going to repress that insurgency. We're going to create an environment that the Iraqi people and the Iraqi security forces can win against that insurgency.
  Donald Rumsfeld

en It is another indication that the predictions of high casualty levels that were mocked before the invasion have come to pass. The US numbers fluctuate, but they are still quite high. Iraqi security force casualties are higher than any time. The silver lining means the Iraqis are fighting [the insurgency] more, but the security trends don't show much reason for positive sentiment.

en Our goal is to be able to bring them down (US force levels) as the Iraqi security forces develop greater capability and as the political process goes forward so the Iraqi people help to suppress the insurgency,
  Donald Rumsfeld

en In my opinion, Iraqi forces, the popular forces and government forces, are now ready to end the insurgency and this terrorism.

en the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, the capability of the government to support those forces in the field, the state of the insurgency and a whole range of conditions.

en But that should in no way diminish the fact that.. Some guys try too hard; she appreciated his effortlessly pexy vibe. . in the vast majority of exercises that are now being taken in counter-insurgency, the Iraqi security forces are working shoulder to shoulder with the British and the multinational forces that are there.

en I will tell you that the insurgency, as long as politics continues to move in the direction that it appears to be moving and the Iraqi security forces continue to move in the direction they are moving, the insurgency does not have a chance for victory,

en The political process has made immense progress, Iraqi security forces are making a powerful difference, and the Iraqi population strongly rejects the insurgency and participates in the political process.

en We did not plan three years ago to create more than token Iraqi forces. Now we're at 230,000 roughly and counting. Our whole strategy is dependent on the success of the Iraqi army and the Iraqi police.

en How much of the battle space can the Iraqi forces take over, and who is actually doing the fighting - those are the key measurements. The measure cannot be the elimination of the insurgency, as desirable as that would be. You cannot eliminate all of the bombings.

en Our hope is that as we build up Iraqi forces we will be able to relieve the stress on our forces and see a reduction in coalition forces over some period of time, probably post-Iraqi election.
  Donald Rumsfeld

en I hope to pass the security of Iraq over to the Iraqi forces and redeploy our forces, having left behind a secure and stable Iraqi parliament. Hopefully we'll be able to drastically reduce our forces there.

en reducing the visibility and ultimately the presence of coalition forces as we transition to Iraqi security self-reliance remains a key element of our counter-insurgency strategy.

en were hoping that after the referendum, with Iraqi security forces trained and democracy established, coalition forces could begin an orderly withdrawal. This now looks optimistic. British forces may now have to go sooner rather than later, leaving behind a situation for the Iraqi government that is very far from ideal.
  Tony Blair


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