Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

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Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

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As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

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I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

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You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

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But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate.

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Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

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So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

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But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times.

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In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself.

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