That means political unity, which is absolutely essential to defeat the insurgency, does not exist in Iraq, ... Meet the Press.

will vote overwhelmingly against it but will be unable to defeat it.

I believe our message has got to be the following: 'You folks have got to solve your political issues, not duck them. You've got to settle them',

The presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited. The administration's repeated statements that we will stay in Iraq as long as needed sends the wrong message. We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking that they have unlimited time to reach a broad-based political settlement.

It's not even limited to Iraq, ... And there's just simply no limits on it. It's a go-it-alone resolution ... very unilateral.

statements before the [Iraq] war were deceptive and misleading and this is part of the pattern.