Militarily we are not in any danger of losing. We can't be defeated militarily based on what the enemy currently throws against us.
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that this is not a rush to failure. It's a rush to victory.John Abizaid
Some of them did very well and some of them did not. And in the south, a number of units, both in the police force and also in the ICDC did not stand up to the intimidators of the forces of Sadr's militia and that was a great disappointment to us,
John Abizaid
So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.
John Abizaid
Clearly, we understand that we've got an enemy that's in for the long term, al-Qaida and the associated groups that are aligned with it, ... We know that they've got a long-term strategy to fight, to gain ground, to gain influence. And it's very very clear that we've got to have the same sort of long term strategy to contest it. But the keystone to this strategy is helping the people in the region help themselves.
John Abizaid
I believe that there are elements of extra-legal militias that are moving around doing some of this damage. There may be people with misguided loyalties in some of the security services, although less in the army than in the police.
John Abizaid
And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.
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