Is it going to resolve the sectarian killings? No. Is it going to end the insurgency? No.

The work we are doing with the Ministry of Interior and the police is, effectively, building a Shiite army.

You have to deal with the military capabilities and consequences that's the most imminent and direct threat. You can't just kill terrorists; you have to change the environment from which they come.

What this demonstrates is that Iraq is really skating on the edge of chaos, that things can go very bad very quickly.

What Does It Matter What We Believe, as long as we treat others the way we want to be treated?

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