I think our involvement there has destabilized the Middle East. And the longer we stay there, I think the further destabilization will occur,

The longer we stay, the more problems we are going to have.

The longer we stay in Iraq, the more similarities will start to develop, meaning essentially that we are getting more and more bogged down, taking more and more casualties, more and more heated dissension and debate in the United States,

I don't think it's a big deal, and here's why. I think what's going to be the most important, and what our focus should be on, is the end product.

deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.

We're isolating ourselves in the world ... And I think that the leadership of the Pentagon has done that in many ways to us, ... This issue of a secretary of defense not personally signing these letters is just astounding.