The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

Some claim we should not have acted because the threat from [deposed Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein was not imminent, ... Terrorist enemies of our country hope to strike us with the most lethal weapons known to man, and it would be reckless in the extreme to rule out action and save our worries until the day they strike.

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated.

Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid,

Why would I want one more mother -- either Iraqi or American -- to go through what I'm going through? I don't want him to justify my son's honorable sacrifice to continue his murderous killing policies,

The largest single contributor to Iraq's security is that effort of Iraqi people who continue to step forward to join the various Iraqi security forces.