Our Troops Are The Best In The

We're Bending The Law As Far As We Can To Ban An Entirely New Class Of Guns.

I Think Indeed Our Response On Counterinsurgency Needs To Be Finely Tuned To The Needs Of Afghanistan. This Is Not Iraq. We Don't Have A Sons Of Iraq Here. We Don't Have The Same Divisions Here That We Had Between Sunni And Shia.

At Some Point, Deliberation Begins To Look More Like Indecisiveness Which Then Becomes A Way Of Emboldening Our Enemies And Allies And Causing Our Allies To Question Our Resolve. So We Shouldn't Let One Component Of This Determine Our National Security Here Which Depends On Providing An Afghanistan Which Denies A Safe Haven To Terrorists As Well As Stabilizing Pakistan. Those Are Our Two National Security Interests At Stake In Afghanistan.

Obviously What I Think Senator [john] Kerry Was Pointing To, Which Is Absolutely Correct, Which Is The Essential Part Of The Strategy Or A Key Component Or A Leg On The Stool, Is An Afghan Partner That Is Ready To Take Control Of Both The Security Situation In Afghanistan, And The Civilian Side Of That.

I've Not Been To Afghanistan Or - But What People Are Clearly Pointing To Is That It Becomes More Difficult To Have It. You Could Do It. I Think Weather Is A Factor. The Most Important Factor Though Is Credibility And Legitimacy. What I Wanted Earlier To Say Is What I Think Senator [john] Kerry Is Pointing To, Which Is Important, Is The Strategic Review On Whether To Send More Troops Is Only One Piece Of The Puzzle, Important Piece.